Unit 10 Final
This is the final chapter. I hope you enjoyed reading this story as much as I enjoyed writing it! I know a lot of people loved it, due to reviews and comments on DA and even fanart! This chapter is a bit long because I didn't want to split this part of the story into two different chapters. I would hate to leave you on a cliff hanger at this scene of all scenes. I'm making more stories soon, so be ready!
Gaara awoke when he felt the warmth leave his side. He opened his eyes to see Lee sitting on the side of the bed, slouching down and looking at his feet, thinking hard. Gaara got up a bit and gazed at Lee.
"Lee?" Gaara asked, his normal voice not quite with him from sleeping. "What's wrong?"
Lee looked up a bit and turned to look at Gaara, but didn't have it in him to let his eyes meet Gaara's. Gaara reached a hand over for Lee's shoulder, but he got up suddenly. Lee was turned away from Gaara, his body tense.
"Gaara," Lee said shakily. "I did something wrong to you."
Gaara rubbed an eye lid, "Last night? What do you mean?"
"No…" Lee started to shake a bit. "I…"
Gaara sensed something troublesome about Lee. He had never seen him this bad before. Lee walked over to his clothes and started to put them on.
"Gaara," Lee muttered. "Forgive me…"
"Lee," Gaara asked. "What are you talking about?"
"When we broke up… Sakura and I…"
That name brought even more seriousness to the already tense conversation.
"What happened?"Gaara asked soothingly. "Did she hurt you? Tell me."
"It's the reason why I came back. Gaara, I feel so bad…" Nothing prepared Gaara for what he heard next. His face went pale and his eyes went wide as he heard Lee say, "I had sex with her."
Gaara felt his hands shake…his face streak with tears…and his heart break. He could hear his shaky breathing.
"L-Lee…You didn't!" Gaara cried.
"I'm sorry Gaara. I didn't want to, honest!" Lee held himself tightly, a small attempt to keep him from falling apart. "But I will never do anything like that ever again. I'm so sorry!"
"You…! You never loved me-!"
Before Gaara could finish, Lee turned around and hugged him tightly, "You know that's not true! I love you! I made a mistake! But I still love you! Don't ever doubt that!"
Gaara tried to hold in his crying, but he failed. Gaara hesitated to hug Lee back, but eventually, he was hugging Lee even tighter than Lee was holding him. Gaara buried his face in Lee's neck… Soon, tiny sobs came out of Gaara. Lee reached one hand up and stroked those red locks.
"I'm so sorry," Lee whispered. "I won't ever do it again."
Gaara shook his head in Lee's neck and held tighter, "I know."
When Lee left for the office, Gaara got up and slipped into his clothing. Although he was alone in the apartment, he felt content somewhat. But then the thought hit him again; his Lee having sex with that Sakura. It was hard to picture. But then he remembered Lee had said he didn't want to have sex with her…
'If Sakura raped him, I'll kill her. If she goes anywhere near my Lee again, I'll kill her. If she comes near me ever, I'll kill her," Gaara thought, fantasies going through his head.
Just when he got on the last bit of clothing, he felt electricity pulse through his veins as he sensed something was not right. He looked around, trying to find anything out of the ordinary…
Then he felt a kunai against his throat and a voice say behind him, "It's no use trying to escape."
Gaara threw back a kick behind him, making the intruder jump back to avoid him. Just as Gaara fell to one knee, he felt his arms were still weak.
'Damnit! He caught me off guard!' Gaara gritted his teeth, watching his opponent carefully. He was good at hiding his presence, he'll give him that. But even without the Shukaku inside of him anymore, Gaara thought he could finish him off in a matter of sec—
"Grra!" Gaara roared as he felt a needle go through the skin on his leg! Gaara started to fear the worst; poison. He dropped completely to the ground as he felt the effects. He started breathing heavier and he felt sleepy. A figure came from behind him and stood beside the first man.
"Don't worry, Kazekage," he said. "It's only a powerful tranquilizer."
Gaara couldn't hear anything else before he passed out on the ground…
Lee had just gotten finished with one stacks of paper work. All day he couldn't keep his mind off of what happened that morning. Lee just hoped that Gaara could forgive him but… He still felt unworthy of Gaara's love. At the same time, he didn't want to leave him…
Suna's elite ninja squad jutsued their way into the room, bowing as though Lee were the Kazekage.
"Lee, we have urgent news," the squad Leader said.
"Out with it," Lee said.
"The Kazekage has been kidnapped," the leader said.
Lee's heart stopped. Gaara, kidnapped? How?
"We have to go after them! Call in a squad and go after them!"
"That's the problem. We have no clue as to where they went. The kidnappers left no clues for us to go by."
Lee thought hard then answered, "Call in Kiba Inuzuka. He has a highly sensitive sense of smell. We'll be able to track Gaara at least."
Lee got up and put on his ninja vest. "Where are you going Lee?" the leader asked. Lee walked forward with determination towards the door.
"I have to go save Gaara."
Gaara awoke in a completely different place. It looked almost like a traditional Japanese mansion with the wooden floor and the paper walls except the part where he was tied up to the wooden wall behind him. He was sitting on the ground, his knees up to his chest and both his wrists chained to the wall. He looked around him with tired eyes at the two enemies. So far, they didn't know he was awake. They were both too busy cleaning their equipment as if this was too easy.
Then Gaara noticed the worst part of all; he couldn't move! His eyes went a bit wider, but he couldn't speak and felt numb all over from the tranquilizer! He couldn't even control his lips as he could feel the cold drool go down to his chin. He was still able to breath, thank god, but that was about all he could control. He started to breath heavier in panic. That was when one of the ninjas looked up.
"Well well. Look who's awake," Katsuro smiled at his victim.
Gaara was able to twitch his leg a bit from trying to move.
"Aw, can't move? It'll be able to wear off in a while," Katsuro moved closer to Gaara. "Until Sakura gives us permission to kill you, we can do whatever we want." Gaara sensed a fire in his heart when he heard that name. "The injection's symptoms go away in about an hour, but I doubt Sakura will give you that long to live."
Katsuro pulled down Gaara's pants a bit and began to toy with his victim, "I'm going to enjoy the next hour with you!"
Gaara cringed internally as he felt two dry fingers force its way inside of him. Surprisingly, he was able to make a small muffled sob sound from his mouth. If he had been able to talk and make actual noise, that sob would have been a scream. The horrid fingers pushed in deeper, then pulling out just to slam back inside of him. He felt the finger nails cut his entrance, making blood trickle down onto the wooden floor.
"Don't play with him, Katsuro," Hitoshi called with little interest. "Don't play with your food."
"Tch!" Katsuro scowled. "I can do what I want!"
Hitoshi looked from Katsuro to the blood on the ground and finally said, "Just clean up after you're done."
Gaara cringed as he felt fingers run down his body. He had gained enough strength and will power to become able to speak slightly.
"S-stop," Gaara murmured. His voice sounded way different than he usually sounded. His whole body was numb; therefore his mouth, lips, and tongue were too.
"I didn't expect you to talk so soon," Katsuro said as he ripped off a strip of his shirt to gag Gaara. Gaara tried to push it out of his mouth, but the man had tied it so tightly in his mouth that he could barely make a sound without pain. After a while of attempting to struggle, he finally gave up.
'Lee,' Gaara thought in pain. 'Please help me!'
"And don't even think about waiting for your lover to rescue you," Katsuro laughed, getting Gaara's attention. "If he really loved you, he wouldn't have gotten you into this mess right? After all, if he had sex with someone else, that means you're a bore to him."
Gaara looked down at the blood and thought hard, 'Lee didn't want this to happen.'
"He had the option to follow Sakura's orders, but he didn't," he went on. "But you had to go have sex with him one last time, didn't you? Pity, if you hadn't done that then Sakura wouldn't have gotten this mad."
Gaara felt his blood boil and his head spin with confusion. Part of him felt guilty for all of this and another part just wanted to maul the men near him to shreds. Then he asked himself, 'Why did Lee do it anyways? There had to be a reason…right?'
Lee was waiting at the apartment as patiently as he could. However he couldn't hold this stress in him for long. As soon as Kiba, Naruto, and Sasuke got there he began the orders.
"Kiba! Take Akamaru and sniff out Gaara's sent. We have to find him fast." Lee pointed to Akamaru.
"Lee, you're panicking and not thinking straight! You need to know who you're up against!" Kiba griped. "You can tell a lot about an enemy just from their scents. Like their gender and age and sometimes poisons for instance."
"I don't care! We have to save Gaara before it's too late!"
"Lee, you've got the right attitude and all, but we need to know the enemy," Naruto stuck out a thumbs up, a sign he was determined this mission would not fail.
Lee started to relax just the slightest bit from seeing that. Kiba put Akamaru on the ground and they both started sniffing and smelling the carpet and air.
"There are two…" Kiba stated and smelled at the same time. "Both male…both are taijutsu masters…and Gaara was taken down with a strong tranquilizer."
Kiba and Akamaru both stopped and looked at the curtains. Kiba walked over and moved them, revealing the broken window and shining glass.
"They went this way and must have gone past the Suna walls," Kiba said. Then the four ninjas leaped out of the window with a dash. Lee couldn't help but go faster than the group. His nightmare of Gaara's death was playing over and over in his mind like a broken record. He cringed in fury and anguish.
'I won't let that happen! I won't,' Lee screamed in his head as he thought of that kunai rising up to meet Gaara's throat. 'I won't…'
Past the Suna walls was nothing but a sandy desert. Kiba and Akamaru made a turn to the left towards a sand mountain in the distance and instantly they knew where they were heading. It didn't take long to get there, but it was still too long for Lee. Before they were within fifty yards of their destination, Lee stopped them.
"Wait guys," Lee said, knowing what he might see in there. "I need to do this alone. But if I need backup I'll call for you."
"Lee! You are being amazingly risky today!" Sasuke scolded. But Naruto put a hand on Sasuke's shoulder and shook his head.
"Just let him do what he has to do," Naruto said.
Lee nodded once and left in a dash.
'Taijutsu masters, huh?' he thought. 'This will certainly be a breeze! Gaara… I will save you!'
Gaara must have put up with this torment for hours. Or at least, that's how long it felt. He was able to struggle a bit now, but not as much as he would like. If he could, he would have ripped that guy's throat out with just his teeth. There was a puddle of his own blood under him. Gaara was thankful that the injection numbed him enough to get rid of some of the pain. But the pain he could feel was unbearable.
"Enjoy this while you can, Kazekage," Katsuro growled as he twisted his fingers in him, scraping his insides with his nails. "It's going to be the last thing you do!"
"Konaha Daisenpu!"
In a flash, Katsuro was on the ground writhing in pain. Behind Lee, Hitoshi got up and stared in disbelief. How in the world did that Green Beast get in without him sensing? Lee couldn't look more enraged when he saw Gaara's pained body and blood on the ground. Without a word, he turned, walked over to Katsuro and brought him up to his feet by his neck.
"I'll kill you for this!" Lee shouted as he tightened his grip tremendously. Katsuro brought his hands up, clawing at Lee's hands in a small attempt to stop him. Gaara's blood went from Katsuro's hands to Lee's arms, making him more furious. Gaara watched in surprise as Lee slowly choked the man to death…
Lee dropped the corpse to the ground without any respect. He began to wipe the blood off his arms, but it was already dried on. He glanced at Gaara with sadness.
"I'm sorry I didn't come here sooner," Lee said, ignoring Hitoshi. "Let's go."
Lee took the gag out of Gaara's mouth and used it to gently wipe the blood off of Gaara. He slipped Gaara's pants back on. With one punch of Lee's fists, the chain holding Gaara's wrists were broken. Then Lee lifted Gaara into his arms, cradling him with caution, making sure he wouldn't hurt him.
Hitoshi got up, still shocked at what he just witnessed, "You… You can't do that!" He took out his pager and called for backup.
"Shit!" Lee mumbled. With Gaara in his arms, he was able to kick Hitoshi out of his way and run past him. Lee sprinted like lightning down the wooden floored hallways and looked franticly for a reasonable place to hide or get ready for combat. He could feel Hitoshi's presence behind him, but he wasn't close. That gave Lee the opportunity to maze his way around the mansion halls and loose him.
Lee was able to find a room to hide in. He laid Gaara down on a mat next to the window to rest. Gaara was getting over the tranquilizer enough to move a bit into a comfortable position. Lee looked at the door, trying to catch his breath.
"It won't be long before he finds us with a backup squad," Lee mumbled quietly. "I'll call Naruto and the others to come get you. I need to stay here and fight."
Gaara looked at Lee, knowing full well he could die from the upcoming battle. His wounds stung him as he thought of what Katsuro said about him and Lee.
'This is my entire fault…' he thought painfully. 'Lee might die here because of me. Who knows how many men there will be against him. And it's my fault…'
Gaara looked down at the mat below him…
"Lee," Gaara began.
Lee glanced at Gaara.
"Leave," he said. "Lee, you can get out while you have the chance! You could die here because of me. Just leave while you can-"
Gaara suddenly felt a painful force on his left cheek. Did…did Lee just slap Gaara?
"Don't say that!" Lee growled as he pulled Gaara in for an embrace. "I know I could die, but I would die because I love you. Will you let me love you for once?"
Gaara couldn't breathe from those words. Lee wrapped himself around Gaara, holding him tightly.
"Yes," Gaara whispered. "But will you let me love you back?"
Lee pulled away to look Gaara in the eyes.
"I know I'm not in the best condition, but I want to fight by your side," Gaara grinned.
Lee looked at him for a long time, silently thinking, and then nodded.
"Aww, how sweet is this?" said a familiar voice. Lee turned around in surprise. Who else would be standing there to ruin the moment than Sakura herself.
"I thought you would be a good boy, Lee," she said, leaning against the door with her arms crossed. "After I took your body and even WARNED you? But I guess that demon boy had to get in the way."
Gaara and Lee both glared at the female.
"Don't talk about Gaara like that!" Lee demanded, but just before he got up, Gaara put a hand on his shoulder and used him to slowly get to his feet and stand.
It was a poor excuse for standing though. Gaara's legs were shaky and his knees were bending inward a bit. He tried to wobble into a better stance.
"You…" Gaara started, glancing at her. "I want you to leave my village."
"Ha! Why do I need to listen you your orders? Last time I checked, you are at my mercy, not the other way around."
Gaara gritted his teeth, "I…want you to leave my village. Or else."
Sakura laughed, "Or else what?"
Gaara smirked as he spoke, "I know why you wanted to take Lee away from me."
Sakura raised an eyebrow.
"When Sasuke came back, you couldn't stand the fact that he ended up with Naruto. You lost the man you had a childish crush on and the man who followed you around like a love-struck puppy at the very same time. And where did you go? You came after the last man that had affection for you."
Sakura made somewhat of a pouting face. She had been discovered.
"But then you saw he was with me! And you tried to pry him away from me," Gaara crossed his arms, victorious. "But you failed!"
Sakura's forehead was dripping with sweat. "So what? What are you going to do about it?"
Gaara rose his head a little, "You are hereby exiled from the Suna. Kidnapping the Kazekage is a criminal charge, Sakura. You could be put to death for it, but I'll go easy on you. Get out of my village."
She stood there shaking from the fear when Hitoshi came up behind her. She glanced at him without moving her head.
She let out a sigh, "Call off the squad… We're leaving."
Lee looked at Gaara, then to Sakura in disbelief. She ended up punching a crater into the ground before she left, causing Gaara to become unstable again. Just as he was about to fall on the ground, Lee got up in a dash and caught him.
"I didn't know you could be that scary," Lee mumbled. "She didn't even want to fight."
Gaara smirked, "You should know how bad I am by now. And anyways, she knew I wouldn't hesitate to charge her with kidnapping me and she would have been killed."
Lee rolled his eyes, "Whether she knew that or not, that was still foolish of you to threaten her in your state." Lee helped Gaara get to his feet and wrapped Gaara's arm around his shoulder for support.
"I was foolish? Says the one who always goes into a battle against fifty men." Gaara shook his head, slightly hiding his smirk.
Gaara and Lee made sure to go out the opposite way of Sakura and make sure she left. Luckily, the group was there waiting for them.
"What in the hell happened to Gaara?" Naruto roared.
"You don't want to know," Gaara answered.
Sasuke and Naruto looked at each other bluntly while Kiba scratched the back of his head saying without a care, "Well, you had us worried. I'm glad you didn't get hurt."
"Right. You have completed your mission," Gaara ordered, sounding like the Kazekage once again. "Thank you."
"Gaara just said thank you to us?" Naruto said in disbelief. "What did they DO to you?"
Gaara actually chucked, maybe from relief that this situation was over. While Sasuke called up the Suna's Anbu squad to confirm the mission, Naruto mumbled something about Gaara being able to laugh as well. Sasuke also ordered someone to fix the window in the apartment.
Naruto and the others walked a good distance in front of Gaara and Lee because they were so slow. Gaara was still hanging on Lee, but he might be able to get up and walk fine by now.
"I almost lost you today," Lee said.
"And I almost lost you," Gaara replied.
"Promise me," Lee said. "I won't lose you ever again."
Gaara looked up at Lee's eyes and pondered.
"Am I that important to you? If I am, I'll stay with you forever."
Lee smiled and said in all honesty, "I don't ever want to lose my Kazekage again."
Gaara felt needed and safe in Lee's arms. Lee took his free hand and brushed through his red hair and kissed him softly on the cheek. Gaara rubbed his face on Lee's shoulder in a cat-like way.
"You're my lovely Kazekage," Lee whispered. "And I'll love you no matter what."
End