Kuri rested for a while, and watched Neji attempt to train Lee. It wasn't going well. Neji had little patience for the fact that Lee couldn't even concentrate chakra in a section of his body. This probably came from the fact that Neji had perfect chakra control, but, who knows.
After multiple bouts of yelling and Lee getting his hands burned by his own chakra, Kuri had had enough, "Okay, that's it, Lee, I will train you!"
Neji looked at her gratefully and left to go work on his jutsu. Lee smiled, "Maybe I'll actually get somewhere with you training me."
Kuri rolled her eyes and instructed Lee to sit down. Lee did as he was told and crossed his legs beneath his body. Next Kuri showed him the most basic of hand signs, the ones for chakra concentration. Neji had failed to do this. Lee placed his hands into position and looked to Kuri for more instruction.
"Okay, close your eyes and feel the chakra flowing through you, then find the spot with the weakest flow. Once you have done that try to redirect that chakra and make it flow to your hands."
Lee obediently closed his eyes and after a few minutes his hands began to glow. He was so surprised when he felt the change in chakra that he opened his eyes and lost his concentration, subsequently losing control and burning his hands once again. He yelped in pain and looked apologetically at Kuri. "Sorry, it surprised me."
Kuri shook her head, "That's okay, the fact that you did what I asked is enough. The next thing you will do is to try redirecting chakra to other places in the body. Once you have accomplished that we'll go on to something else."
Lee nodded and went back to concentrating. While he did that Kuri thought about how to go about the rest of his training. It took hours of work for Lee to redirect chakra to all the parts of his body and by that time he was exhausted.
"Okay, that's enough for now, we'll pick back up tomorrow."
Lee protested this, saying that he was fine, Kuri knew otherwise, he was sweaty and shaky. No matter how hard he tried Lee couldn't win against her in a verbal battle and gave up. "Fine, let's go home."
Kuri giggled a bit at how childish Lee was being but didn't say anything. They walked home in silence and all through dinner it was the same way. At 9-oclock Kuri got up from the couch and gave Lee a little wave, "Good night."
Lee 'hned' at this and ignored her. When he saw her dejected face he figured out just how much the silence was hurting her and stood up quickly, he walked to the hallway and just as she was walking into her room he yelled, "Night!"
Kuri went to bed with a smile on her face, knowing that tomorrow would go much better now that Lee wasn't pouting.
She got up the next morning at 4:30 only to find Lee in the kitchen cooking what she presumed to be breakfast. When he saw her, hair a mess and no make-up on he smiled.
"So what's this about?" Kuri asked.
Lee quirked an eyebrow, "What, I can't cook for you on a whim?"
Kuri gave him a look that said, 'don't give me that'.
"Okay! It's to say sorry for being such a twit yesterday, I was just frustrated that I got tired so easily."
Kuri smiled, "I understand, but you have to remember that it will take time for your chakra reserves to grow, so using them will be limited for a while."
Lee went back to cooking. A few minutes later he brought out two plates. "It's ready."
They sat down and Kuri examined her food, the bacon was a bit burnt and the eggs a bit runny but other than that it looked great, "Thank you." Lee took a bite out of his and grimaced.
"Yuck! Uh… you don't have to eat that if you don't want it."
Kuri wasn't listening, she was already halfway through her food. Lee shook his head and laughed, "Guess you want it." When Kuri had finished her plate and Lee had grabbed an apple, they showered and changed so they could head off to train.
Once again that day they spent hours training, this time on increasing the chakra flow in Lee's body so he could do jutsu. They wouldn't work on actual jutsu until later. Just before lunch they stopped and watched the others train. Kuri was still full of energy while Lee was flopped on the ground beside her. He was so tired. As they watched Neji and Tenten battle Kuri noticed something strange. Every time Tenten moved just right her left hand would glint. 'Hmmmm'
"Okay, stop!" Kuri called out.
Neji and Tenten slid into each other because they had been in dead runs, "What's up?" Tenten asked.
"Tenten, come with me." Kuri walked away from the group. Neji looked to Tenten for some reason for Kuri's actions but she just shrugged and walked away. When they were out of earshot Kuri turned around, "Is there anything that you would like to tell me?"
Tenten looked at her new teammate and friend with a bewildered look, "Um, no."
Kuri grabbed Tenten's left hand and held it up, there on her ring finger was a gold band with a small diamond on it, "Oh yeah, then what's this?"
Tenten's face turned a dark red and she looked at her feet, "It's nothing."
"Bullshit!" Kuri was amazed that her friend was hiding something that was so easily seen, "Do you honestly think that I'm going to leave it at that?"
"No," Tenten sighed and looked up, "Yesterday, Neji proposed to me."
Kuri pulled her teammate into a hug while squealing, "Yay, I knew it!"
Tenten went to shush her but it was too late, Lee came running, "What's wrong?"
Kuri took one look at her in secret boyfriend and couldn't help but laugh, "It's (giggle) nothing, go back with the others."
As Lee turned around they all heard, "MY MOST YOUTHFUL STUDENT, YOU ARE TO BE MARRIED!!!"
They all ran over to the field and burst into uncontrollable guffaws. Neji was running away from Gai-sensei, who seemed to be trying to hug him.
Kuri looked at the team that had welcomed her and thought, 'how on earth did I end up with this bunch of idiots… oh, I know, they saved me, and now I owe them my life' she looked over at Lee and took her previous thought back, 'no, it's because of the kindness is one man's heart.' Kuri smiled and went to save Neji. Once Gai-sensei was under control, they all sat down so Tenten and Neji could explain.
When they finished telling about how they were going to be married quietly with nobody else around, and they weren't going to have a honeymoon, Lee and Kuri left.
"They're a good couple." Kuri said as they walked home.
Lee looked down, "Yeah, but do you know what?"
"What?"
"WE ARE THE MORE YOUTHFUL COUPLE BY FAR!!!"
Kuri slapped Lee on top of the head and put a finger to her lips, "Shh, we're keeping it quiet, remember?"
Lee smirked, "Yeah, sorry."
Kuri rolled her eyes and stayed silent the rest of the way home. When they were finally inside the house she tackled Lee, "You know what, I'm gonna show you exactly what youthful is." She proceeded to kiss him, passionately. When she realized that Lee wasn't kissing back she pulled away. Lee's eyes were wide open and staring at her like she had three heads. Kuri muttered a quick sorry before rushing into her room and shutting the door, leaving a stunned Lee, laying motionless on the living room floor.