Yeah, I know, I finally updated. I own nothing, as usual!!

Anyway, an official consensus has not been reached with Neji, so I'm not going to decide on hers just yet. It's a while to go before she deals with that anyway. The top voted (including Pms, and my twin's opinion) so far are:

ShikaNeji

Shineji

Naruneji

In that order.

The next day it was practice as usual, though Gai seemed to be keeping a close eye on Neji. Half way through the day, he called his 'youthful' students to gather round.

"I have something very important to tell you all! As you might know, the Chuunin exams are coming up."

The group of three quickly exchanged looks, wondering if he was going to enter them. Their hopes and/or fears were quickly shattered by Gai's next statement.

"And you guys aren't going to be entering until next year! We will, however, attend the matches. Think of how youthful that will be!!"

Neji frowned, crossing her arms. Obviously, she'd been set on competing. Lee let out a breath of relief. While she believed she could do it, she thought she needed more training time before she was ready. Besides, watching the exams would give her an idea of what to train for. Tenten wasn't sure what to feel; sure, she wanted to become chuunin, but she had her own fears about entering in the notorious exam.

"What do you mean we aren't entering until next year?" Neji asked, her eyes flashing.

Gai seemed to sober up a little. He looked down at her seriously.

"Neji, even if you qualify for this, the other two are not ready. And your teamwork...needs work. Besides, I wouldn't want to send you now...you need time--"

"Time to what?! Heal?! I'm fine!! I don't need extra time, like some weakling!!" She exclaimed angrily, taking a step forward. Just because she was female didn't mean she was weak...

Gai sighed, running a hand through his hair.

"Neji, regardless; your teammates are not ready and you need them to enter. So, today, we are going to work on our teamwork!!"

Neji groaned, shoulders slumping in defeat. Typical.

Tenten, on the other hand, bore a glare into the back of Neji's skull. It had been obvious that she thought herselves superior to her and Lee since day one, but she was just so arrogant just now! It made Tenten want to wring Neji's pale neck...and scratch up her hands... The thought made her grin evilly. She suddenly caught Lee staring at her.

"Are...you okay, Tenten?"

Tenten quickly switched to a friendly smile, beaming amiably at Lee.

"Oh, just fine! Pay attention to Gai-sensei!"

Lee's attention was quickly diverted from Tenten, and Tenten went back to glaring at Neji's arrogant head. Stupid, arrogant Hyuuga...

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Team building exercises were many things, but the main way Tenten would describe them is "no fun at all". At the moment, Gai had tied their legs together, and their goal was to reach the top of some climbing set-up, and grab a flag. So far, they hadn't even made it off the ground.

Neji huffed, seeming to give up. Lee, on the other hand, was far from giving up, even if it was, as Neji said, "even stupider than the onion exercise". Attempting to scale the scaffold again, she found a good handhold, and turning, grabbed Tenten's hand and placed it on a good handhold. When she reached for Neji, Neji rolled her eyes and gave in, following Lee's guidance.

Lee kept doing this until both her teammates realized with a shock that they were halfway towards their goal. Lee grinned at them, and continued the process, reaching out and placing Tenten's hand on the correct handhold. Neji raised an eyebrow, and found her own handhold. Pretty soon, they were all climbing together, reaching the top and giving Lee a boost so she could reach a flag. By then, they'd been out in the sun for three long, hot hours, and their bare skin was starting to stick to each other.

Lee waved the flag with a cry of victory, before using it to wipe the sweat from her forehead. She passed it on to Neji, who used it without complaint, and handed it off to Tenten, who used it and dropped it to the ground below. They wouldn't be able to climb if they had to hold onto it, and no one really wanted to carry it in their mouth.

The three began to climb again as a unit, when there was suddenly a wolf-whistle from below. Neji swiftly moved to cover herself, self-conscious about her curviness. Unfortunately, this threw the rest of the team off balance, and they went crashing towards the ground, Tenten screaming at Neji for letting go, and Lee screaming out of pure surprise.

They landed in a heap at the feet of a man with spiky white hair, with a perverted grin on his face. Tenten paid little attention to the man, instead yanking Neji up by her hair angrily.

"What the Hell was that for?!!"

Neji winced, using her fingers to pry her hair from Tenten's grip. Her face was turning red.

Lee stared up at the stranger.

"Who are you?"

The man gave her a wink, though his eyes roved over Neji, she being one of the few members of Team Gai who currently looked...more mature. Neji pulled on the jacket she'd had tied around her waist, ignoring Tenten. She flipped up the hood, as if to hide. The man's gaze focused back on Lee, and he introduced himself.

"I am Jiraiya, one of the three Sannin." He explained, bending over and picking up the red flag on the ground. He handed it to her.

"I'm here to see the Chuunin exams beginning; heard there'd be some interesting people this year."

Tenten untied the rope that tethered her to her teammates, and stood, giving Lee a hand up.

"This isn't where the Chuunin exams are being held; try the Hokage's office." She seemed to be hinting that the man should leave. She wasn't too happy about the fall he'd caused. Just then, however, Gai came into view, to check on his students. His eyes immediately zeroed in on Jiraiya.

"Jiraiya! It's been a while since you've been back! How have your travels been?" The two began to talk, walking away. Tenten turned to Neji.

"Next time, let's not go crazy because some guy whistled at us!" She said in a scathing tone, before turning on her heel and stalking away. Lee sighed. Why did these two always have to fight??

And now, drum roll please...*drum rolls by*

-_-

Anyway, Lee's shots are below. Don't forget to vote, all opinions will be considered!!

NaruLee:

Team Gai walked along the hallway calmly, each going through the list of things they had to remember for the next exam. Each had studied pretty hard so they'd be ready. The calmness and togetherness of their group was quickly broken, however, when Lee suddenly skidded to a stop, her eyes seeming to practically pop out of her face.

"Who is that?! He's so cute!!" She squealed, sounding every bit a fangirl. Neji and Tenten turned, and saw she was staring at some blonde boy in an orange jumpsuit. Neji rolled her eyes.

"It's just some loudmouth, let's keep going Lee..."

Lee moved forward, enamored by the blonde. She giggled and hid behind Neji when he looked their way. Neji groaned. Idiot...

GaaLee:

Despite almost being killed by him, Lee had been quick to forgive Gaara.

And when he came to her later complaining of a strange feeling "in my heart", she was quick to try and make him feel better.

She was the first to make him truly smile in years.

People were still caught by surprise, however, when the two began to date. The monster and the misfit...how fitting.

ChoujiLee:

Lee giggled to herself, giddy with anticipation. Tenten had just dolled her up for her date; Chouji would be so surprised!

Just as she'd imagined, his eyes popped out in surprise when he saw her. But then he looked away for a second, almost as if he were embarassed. "I thought we weren't going to dress up..." He said, his ears turning red.

Just then, a passerby commented loudly to their companion. "Oh look, 'Beauty and the Beast'. You don't see that sort of thing much anymore."

Lee looked from Chouji's humiliated face to the laughing passersby. Then she made them eat those words!

HanLee:

Hanshiro walked cautiously to the training ground where his cousin's team trained. Neji normally didn't like it when he came to visit, but he wasn't there to visit her today; he was here to see Lee. Though he didn't want her to see him.

There was just something about her that inspired him, the way she never gave up.

He wanted to be like her someday.