OPrincess ShinigamiO here! Why? With a new chapter of course! And this one features our famously beloved "youthful", bushy-browed, green taijutsu ninja, Rock Lee! This will be the first of the "Friends' Point of View" edition in the drabbles, chapters that feature a certain character's thoughts on SasuHina's growing relationship. Well, Lee won't be going anywhere deep since he's practically just, well, "guessing" about SasuHina's relationship status. You might even say he's quite teasing in this chapter (maybe a bit OOC as well, but I do hope I did justice to his character), and it certainly won't go well with a certain teammate of his. Yes, Neji and Tenten are taking part as well, but not as big as Lee. They'll have their turns in future chapters. Oh, and of course, Chii the Uchiha Kitten won't go ignored as well! He's going to be sharing the spotlight with Lee in this chapter! So please enjoy this "youthful" chapter I made for you! See if you can count how many "green"s and "youth"s there are in this chapter, coz you'll be seeing a lot of them! XD
And of course, I'd like to thank my reviewers butterflyV, Serene-Aspiration723, Hinata-Rae 7-3.15, Saki-Hime, mariarassie, and the rest of the Guest reviewers! Glad to see that some people are still enjoying my drabbles! ;)
Disclaimer: Not a man? Don't know how to make my own manga? Don't memorize all the Naruto-verse jutsus? Not giving Rock Lee more screen-time that he deserves? Then I don't own! XD
G-Green
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"Remind me why we're letting this green freak take care of Chii?"
"Sasuke-kun!"
"Do not worry, Sasuke-kun, Hinata-san! Since Neji and Tenten are currently on a mission in the Tea Village without me and Gai-sensei is still recuperating from a twisted backbone in the hospital, I would gladly take very good care of Chii-kun for the next five youthful days! Yosh!"
The bushy-browed self-proclaimed "handsome devil of the Hidden Leaf Village" gave a confident fist pump, giving a bright pearly-white smile that could literally blind people if they look hard. Chii the Uchiha kitty, however, was napping like an angel in his other arm as if the green beast wasn't a bother at all.
The grumpy Uchiha had the exact opposite expression, not bothering to stop himself from rolling his eyes at the "youthful" and hideously dressed ninja. He inwardly reminded himself to burn every green clothes he owned after he comes back from the mission.
"Th-thank you, Lee-kun," Hinata genuinely smiled with her head slightly bowed, "I'm sure that you'll do a great job caring for Chii-kun. I'm sorry for asking you to do this though. My father is allergic to furry animals, you see, and you know that Kiba-kun and Shino-kun aren't very, um, … fond of cats."
"Do not worry, Neji's beautiful and blooming cousin!" Lee replied with a wink and thumbs-up (aka his Nice Guy pose), earning a deep scarlet blush from Hinata and a murderous glare from Sasuke, "I will not fail in my duties! If I did a job less than great, then I swear to you that I will do ten thousand pushups and five thousand laps around Konoha!"
"Then get ready to do it when we come back…" Sasuke muttered under his breath. Hinata gave an apologetic look to an unaffected Lee before frowning at Sasuke.
"Sasuke-kun, be nice to Lee-kun. You should be grateful that he's giving up his time to care for Chii-kun."
"Tch, whatever. Just make sure that by the time we return, the cat won't be wearing that same hideous green suit. Or I seriously will burn everything green in my house."
"Sasuke-kun, you're not going to burn your whole backyard are you? Your tomatoes are still green you know."
"… "
The scowling Uchiha turned to leave without saying goodbye to Lee or his kitten. Hinata followed her companion after bowing to Lee for thanks and petting the sleeping Chii for the last time. Lee in turn excitedly waved at the Hyuuga, shouting out a few… well wishes for their mission. ("May the flames of youth enlighten your hearts from despair, my friends!")It took a lot of willpower and Hinata's silent pleading for Sasuke not to march back and strangle the annoyingly positive green ninja and his stupid "youth" to nonexistence.
"Yosh! Let's get some training done, shall we Chii-kun?"
After seeing them off, the still grinning bushy-browed ninja turned and headed for his dojo with Chii sleeping peacefully in his arms.
"Ah, what a youthful and unexpectedly fitting pair! Their love will most definitely bloom into a great and uniquely beautiful flower that even the fountain of youth could not compare!"
The kitten merely mewled in what Lee interpreted as agreement. To this the green beast nodded and gave another fist pump, much to the passerby's confusion. ("Mommy! That weird-looking guy's punching the air! Is he killing the mosquitoes?" "Pay no attention, Keiko. That weird man does that everyday with his older twin.")
As Rock Lee entered his dojo, he settled the little kitten on a dark green pillow before starting his daily warm ups. Just as he was doing his three hundredth pushup, a knock on the door reached his ears. The green ninja paused in a handstand, raising an abnormally thick eyebrow at the door just to see his beloved teammates waiting behind it. Immediately, the taijutsu expert grinned and tumbled back to his feet before jogging his way towards the couple.
"Hey Lee!" Tenten greeted with a jubilant grin. Neji simply nodded and gave a tiny smile.
"Tenten! Neji! Welcome back! You both look as youthful as you did since you both left a few weeks ago!" His bushy brows then gave a tiny dip, "But I thought you would not return for until another week."
"Well, turns out that the retrieval mission was easier than expected. We just arrived an hour ago." Neji replied.
"Yeah, and we were just about to have some lunch at the new barbeque place before visiting Gai-sensei in the hospital! Wanna come?" Tenten asked.
Lee grinned and gave another Nice Guy pose, his teeth glinting competitively against the sunlight.
"Of course, my youthful teammates! Let me just get Chii-kun!"
"Chii-kun?" Tenten raised an eyebrow and turned to Neji questionably. Neji, however, frowned at the mention of the Uchiha kitten.
"Uchiha's cat? What's it doing with you?"
The green-clad ninja jogged over to where Chii was still sleeping, picking him up swiftly from his green pillow before jogging back to his teammates. Tenten began cooing at the adorable kitten, much to Neji's annoyance. He honestly didn't understand the appeal the Uchiha kitten had that made Tenten and his cousins squeal.
"Sasuke-kun and Hinata-san gave me the most special task to take care of their precious little flower," Lee answered with another grin, not noticing Neji's glare when he called the kitten "their little flower".
"Hinata-sama has a mission?"
"Why yes! She and Sasuke-kun, as well as Naruto-kun and Shikamaru-kun are tasked to deliver some very confidential scrolls to the Lightning Village! They just left this morning as well!"
Neji growled under his breath, wishing that he had met up with them when they arrived just to give the Uchiha some "rules" when it comes to Hinata's safety.
Tenten knew that look on her teammate slash boyfriend's face, giving a deep sigh and shaking her head in exasperation.
"Geez, Neji. You should give Sasuke a bit more credit. So far, he's been treating Hinata real well, special even. And it's not like they're going to be alone, you know."
"Our team's only flower is right, Neji!" Lee added, not noticing Tenten cringe at his "petname" for her, "Why, before they left Chii-kun to me, Hinata-san kept holding Sasuke-kun's arm in comfort! I never knew that Sasuke-kun cared so much about his kitten-"
"She WHAT?"
Neji's ears were practically emitting smoke, according to Tenten. Neji never knew that his cousin was already brave enough to touch the Uchiha so intimately. He could just imagine the smug expression on his hated person's face.
Lee, however, continued to be oblivious to his teammate's anger, patting the still sleeping kitten in his arms. Whether he's doing it on purpose or not, Tenten couldn't really tell.
"At this rate, it looks like our lunch plan's not going through…" Tenten murmured to herself.
"Oh, Neji! You should have seen it!" Lee continued with a flashy grin, "The silent, understanding look they gave one another when they thought I wasn't looking, the tiny spark that felt nothing but comfort to them from the slightest brush of their hands, the strict parental way they instructed me for their tiny flower as if they were leaving their only precious child with me as its inexperienced babysitter. I could practically feel the beautiful flames of youthful love pouring out of them!"
From his rambling, the green ninja didn't realize that his prodigy of a teammate had already disappeared from the spot. Tenten, in turn, noticed her boyfriend's sudden disappearance and quickly began following him in case he actually catches up to them and began to Gentle Fist the Uchiha to death.
"Looks like lunch will have to wait! Catch you later, Lee! Neji, don't you dare-"
Lee stared at his retreating teammates' forms, a gust of wind blew softly as Tenten's shouts minimized from the distance.
"... Was it something I said?.."
Deciding to think nothing of it, Lee shrugged and placed the still sleeping Chii back to his green pillow (God, this kitten's lazy…). Then he patted the dust off his green jumpsuit and continued to do his warm ups, seeing that they won't be having lunch together after all. He then grinned at Chii, waggling his thick eyebrows like crawling centipedes after coming up with a conclusion.
"Neji must be too impatient to wait for Hinata-san and Sasuke-kun's return to congratulate them. I even noticed his face turning green for a moment there! Ah, my teammate is finally feeling the youthful flames from his cousin's love for Sasuke-kun! Am I right, Chii-kun?"
The kitten just yawned in reply before going back to its slumber.
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Reviews are ALWAYS welcome, thank you! ;) And if you haven't noticed, I've given some hints as to help understand Chii's way of replying. If you really don't know, then I'd be glad to tell you if you're curious. As for the next chapter, let's just say that it's Sasuke's turn to surprise Hinata with a present. ;)
