It seems you're all on the verge of killing me so I decided to continue writing now. For those who care, exams went wonderful!! For most who don't: meh! Wow, enthusiastic reviews I must say. Let's answer all of them, clearly still in the springtime of youth "presents the good guy pose"
Azuka knight: Wow, you demand it even? Well, I guess I could continue, heheh. Enjoy
Firerose 1300: Great! Well, here it is then
Anonymous3393: Well, I'm not most people, and Sasuke saw that if he waited too long, Lee would definitely steal her heart away. Aaaw, I'm mean? Just for that, I'll end THIS chapter with another cliffie, so bleh "grin"
Gothic Saku-san: "grin" of course you do. Here it is
Animelover5.6: "grin" thank you. Hey, don't bash Sasuke too much. I may love Leexsaku but Sasuke has his good sides too…what am I saying? Do whatever you want with him
Sambers: I wouldn't know either. Heheh, so this is my guess
Darth Cooper: yeah, as it is killing everyone. "grin" I love doing this to you guys! Hahaha
And about Neji being a jounin. He really is! In the anime too! It is so awesome!!! So, I just had to mention it. "grin"
Oh, and I've got a confession to make to you guys. I have no idea how this is going to end. I am totally making this up as I go, I have since the first chapter, haha, sorry
On with it!!!
Does it hurt?
"You… what?" Sakura gasped. Lee saw Sakura gasp, but decided not to ruin the conversation between the two. He trusted Sakura with all his heart. Sasuke stared intently into Sakura's eyes. "Come on, leave that Lee-guy and be mine" Sakura felt a rush of anger bubble up, one that Lee even saw coming. She rose up quickly from the bench and smacked Sasuke harshly in the face. "How dare you?!" she now roared. Sasuke stared at her with big eyes. Of all the possible outcomes, this had been one he didn't foresee.
"You're the one who left me, three years ago!" she continued, resisting the urge to kick him. "And now you tell me you love me?!" Sasuke ushered her to keep her voice down but everyone had already heard her. Lee was beholding the scene with his breath held. "Well, guess what, I belong with Lee, not you!" a few people turned to look at Lee, who suddenly found his shoes to be extremely interesting. A smile decorated his lips. And although he couldn't see it, Neji standing next to him was smiling too, happy for his friend/rival.
"You can't be serious!" Sasuke said loudly. "This is a joke right?" Sakura glared at him, then turned her back to the Uchiha and walked over to Lee. "I am still your friend though" she said reassuringly. She didn't want Sasuke to disappear for another 3 years. "I know" Sasuke said more to himself then to her. "Well, that was harsh" Naruto said who suddenly sat next to Sasuke. "I've been shot down by her too, a number of times" and he grinned. Sasuke knew this but he couldn't help but feel his heart give a painful twitch. It had been his own fault. If only he had treated her better in the past, perhaps now he could have… A hand waving in front of Sasuke brought him out of his trance. "Sasuke, Ino is talking to you" Naruto said after Sasuke had roughly slapped his hand away.
He looked up at the taller blond girl, he hardly recognized as Ino. Everyone had grown up so much. Now she had even longer hair then before and part of it was covering her right eye. Behind her trudged a lazy Shikamaru. "What is it?" he growled. Ino smiled. "I'm happy to see you're back" she said. Sasuke was surprised by the lack of flirting he was experiencing here, until he saw how Shikamaru grabbed her hand. "Come on, let's go now" he said, clearly still finding Sasuke competition.
Ino ruffled Shikamaru's hair and gave him a playful kiss. He hadn't changed as much, he had only gotten taller. "Don't worry, you're still my number one" she said. "Well, bye Sasuke, Shikamaru needs attention." Sasuke just growled and watched how the two walked away, hand in hand. He couldn't say he hadn't seen that coming. Those two were destined for each other.
Sakura let out a happy sigh. For a second, she had thought Ino would fall back to her old crush and leave Shikamaru for what he is, but she didn't. She guessed she felt a little sorry for Sasuke but hey, he'd get over it. Right now, everyone needed to start trusting him again and soon enough his fan club would return to him. "Sakura, I have noticed something" Lee said to her, acting like he was a teacher. Sakura looked up to the tall boy in a confused way. "And what would that be?"
"I have watched closely how you hit Naruto and Sasuke" he said holding his chin in his right hand. "- And right now, sure enough you posses a lot of strength but your movements and therefore efficiency are a tad …in need of training" he said. By the end of the sentence he already felt sorry he had said anything at all. "I am only pointing this out to you in a friendly way" he said, raising his hands in defence already, knowing he could easily dodge a punch from her, but still fearing the kunoichi he so loved. "And what are you suggesting then?" Sakura asked, clearly not mad. She was even acting in a playful manner.
"Well… that is-" Lee started to stutter. "I suppose… perhaps – though not to force you – if you would wish it… I could… well… train you?" It took him long enough to say it and Sakura squeezed his hand reassuringly. "Well, if that's what you think would be best, fine, but-!" and she raised a finger at this "I'm NOT running any laps" Lee immediately started to object. "But running laps is youthful!" he argued. "Running towards a sunset makes tears spring to one's eyes out of contentment and joy, while the running freshens your youthful body and at the same time your youthful mind."
Now, Sakura's eye began to twitch. "I am not running laps" she growled. "Forget it, no way, never in your life!" Lee sighed when he saw he couldn't convince his beloved and hung his head. Sakura stroked his hair. "Oh cheer up, I already agreed on you training me" she said. "And what, may I ask, is my purpose then?" asked Kakashi clearly humoured. Gai started laughing hard because of this statement. Kakashi…ignored him. "Oh come on sensei" Sakura said as she playfully hit him on the arm. "Lee is the best taijutsu master I could wish for" at this, Gai scraped his throat. "-Because he of course learned from the best" Sakura continued. She felt like she was setting everyone up against her. "And I've already trained under Tsunade too, right?" she quickly glanced around to find help, but saw that Neji had already left for home, Naruto was making fun of Sasuke who sat with his eyes closed on the bench, Gai was laughing too hard, and Lee was looking amused too. And Kakashi was the one she was arguing with." He patted her on the head like he used to do, and for some reason, that made her feel happy.
"I was only kidding Sakura" he said smiling. Sakura simply smiled back at him, relieved. "When do we start?" Sakura asked, facing Lee again. "Right now!" he said excited and pulled her with him to the training grounds. Sakura dared not make an objection as she was kind of glad to be away from that tense place they were before. Sasuke, who had told her he loved her, Naruto, who had asked her if she loved him, and Kakashi being all jerky. She was glad she could relieve some stress. "Hey, no running I said!" she yelled at Lee, when she noticed they were running to the training grounds. "This is not a lap" Lee said back to her. "This is being eager to start"
Sakura smiled. Lee was so cute. When they arrived, she was out of breath, while Lee was bouncing up and down. "How about we start with a sparring match, so I can see what I am dealing with" he suggested. Truth be told, Sakura was rather scared to spar with Lee. He was so much better and stronger then her, but on the other hand, he wouldn't truly hurt her, would he? He suddenly fell into an attack stance and Sakura did the same as if it were a reflex. Lee had put his hand forward, suggesting Sakura to attack first. Still a bit scared, she decided to listen before he would start.
It seemed Lee was a much crueller teacher then boy. When Sakura had leapt forward to attack him head on, he had merely stepped aside and hit her hard on the back, causing her to crash down onto the ground hard. "Not good Sakura, where is your intention?" Sakura looked up at Lee with a pain struck face. "Intention?" she asked. "You have to want to hit me, for as you have noticed, if you do not, I will hit you." Sakura nodded and took on her attack stance again.
She dashed forward, ready to break his nose when he suddenly grabbed her arm, and thrust his palm upwards, right on her elbow. She felt how the bone had cracked under the pressure and was then once again thrown on the ground, seeing how Lee had noticed nothing.
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Er… sort of a…. cliffie? Maybe a small one.
Okay people, please review and give me ideas! Ideas are very much needed, and of course do tell me what you think.
Lee: I broke her arm?
Sasuke: you bastard!
Sakura: that was rather painful, now what?
Me: who knows, we'll see next time, I guess.
