So this is chapter 14, and I don't have much to say o.o'… I started school again, so updates will be slower, but otherwise, here is another chapter of Forgotten Boy, Beta'ed by Raz.

Summary:

Naruto grew up in another village, a non-ninja village, where team Kakashi is coincidently having a mission.

Beta: Blackrazgriz

Chapter 14

Sakura grinned at Naruto's comment and slapped his back encouragingly. "Nice observations," she said. "It's true, this is only second floor. So should we get going to the third?"

"So you guys noticed," one of them said and chuckled, slightly. "Well, it had to be found out at some point, but to think by a bunch of rookies…"

"I'm sure that Sakura was the one to see through it first," Sasuke said with a shrug. "You still have a lot to learn, Naruto, even though you observed the situation right, you hesitated."

Naruto pouted, insulted. "I did not hesitate…"

"I saw it in your eyes, you doubted me," he continued with a glare. "You only remembered everything after I said this was a Genjutsu. Don't deny it, be a man and admit your mistake. You didn't trust me, and you said they were horrible, to not trust your own comrade is worse."

"Sasuke-kun," Sakura said, trying to calm him down. "Naruto-kun is still… you know, a little retarded in the art of Ninjutsu, but still…"

Retarded, Naruto thought and felt like crying. "I know about the newbie thing, but retarded is kind of harsh… don't you think so, Sakura-san?"

"Don't change the subject, apologize first," Sasuke demanded. "Then we can talk about the retarded thing."

"I'm sorry…" he muttered. "But-"

"Don't ignore us!" the other one of the two ninjas, guarding the door, shouted at them, glaring at all three of them. "Seriously, you might've seen through the Genjutsu, but…" With a quick movement the ninja threw his foot out in a kick, aiming for Sasuke, which he also returned.

"Sasuke-kun!" his two comrades yelled out, as their kicks was about to land, but something got between them. No, someone did. It was a boy in a green spandex with orange legwarmers, thick black eyebrows and shiny black bowl-cut hair. He had caught both legs in both of his hands, as if it was nothing.

Sasuke looked startled, but kept a straight face about it. To be able to catch my kick like that, what is that chakra in his hands, he thought in wonder, as he withdrew his leg and walked over to where his own comrades stood, but not before looking back once again. Huh, his injury has disappeared…What's going on here?

"Hey," another boy with clear white irises, white shirt and dark pants said to the other boy, as he put a hand on his shoulder. "What happened to the plan? You're the one who said we shouldn't draw attention to ourselves."

The bowl-cut boy looked stared a little at his teammate, before a slight blush spread over his face. "Well," he muttered and looked back at team seven, whilst their female teammate sighed in frustration, knowing exactly what was going to happen. He formed his hand into a fist and held it in front of his chest, as if it was to give him confidence. He then walked towards the team, or to be exact, their female member, Sakura. "Hi," he said with a stiff smile to start with, but it slowly became more and more natural. "My name is Rock Lee, Sakura-san…"

W-Wait, Naruto thought with his mouth agape, could this be… a confession?! Whoa, Sakura-san is amazing, to be able to make a guy fall in love with her at first sight! But I feel like I've seen that guy before... From where have I seen him? I wonder…

"Let us go out together!" Lee insisted, giving a toothy smile, with a sparkle, and a thumb up. "I will protect you until I die!"

Sakura was stiff from shock. Bushy brows, shiny bowl-cut hair, green spandex and orange legwarmers… That is so… "Lame."

Lee's smile slowly faltered and he felt his head fall to his chest, as he felt the rejection. Even Naruto was shocked; he could almost feel his pain. I know the feeling, Lee-san; even I've been rejected before… Stay strong, stay strong, I'm cheering for you!

"Then," Lee started out, "then I will just have to keep asking you!"

Oh~, that's the spirit, you go Lee-san! Naruto thought, grinning like an idiot outside of his thoughts.

"Hey you," the other boy called out, as he looked at Sasuke. "What's your name?"

Sasuke stared at him a little, and then thought back to when they first met Gaara. "When you want to learn another person's name, you should give yours first, right Naruto?" He asked Naruto, but he was looking at Sakura, who looked just as amused as he did.

"You're a rookie, how old are you?" the boy kept going.

"I don't have to answer you," he replied and walked over to his group again. "Hey, Naruto, he's a Hyuuga, have you ever seen him before?"

Naruto shook his head, no. "I'm living with the main family, so maybe he's a branch member."

"Well then," Sakura said with a smile. "Naruto-kun, Sasuke-kun, let's get going already!" She took one of their hands in each of her own, and pulled them along.

Sasuke growled, slightly: "Don't pull me."

Whilst watching team seven leaving, the other team was left to stare at their back. The female stepped forward: "Come on Lee, what are you doing?"

"You guys go ahead, there's something I would like to test myself."

*o*o*o*

"That was interesting," Naruto muttered. "How many Genin are there in Konoha?" He wondered about that. He also wondered about what was going to happen at the exams, and how many people were going to show up. Actually, there were lots of things he was wondering about, but he had never gotten around to ask them about it. Like, why their team only had two Genin before he came along. All the other teams he had met had three...

The two experienced ninjas looked at each other, before they shrugged in respond. "We haven't kept count," Sasuke answered, scratching the back of his head. "It depends on how many passes every year, the maximum is nine. There are times where only three, six, two, one and so on passes, because most of them are too weak. You're lucky we needed you."

Lucky, Naruto thought, as he reminded himself that he was practically forced to go to Konoha. "Asuma-sensei is team ten's teacher, right? I haven't met them yet… So that means only eight of you passed this time."

Sakura nodded, and mumbled a yes. "I thought you already knew that."

"I doubted my own information," he admitted, with a chuckle.

Sasuke stared at him: "Like you doubted me."

He still hasn't forgotten! Naruto sighed, muttering a couple apologies. "Anyway, why is it that Lee-san has been following us?"

They shrugged in unison, once again. "Probably stalking Sakura, or something," Sasuke suggested. "Or he has fallen for me this time, and is stalking me."

"Hey you," Lee's voice called out, and they turned around to face him, "you with the dark hair."

"Told you…" he muttered. "What is it?"

"Will you fight me right here?" he asked, as he jumped down in front of them, landing on his feet and right arm, as support. "My name is Rock Lee. When you want to learn a person's name, you introduce yourself first, right?"

Sasuke smirked, and Sakura moved closer to Naruto. "You're going to see Sasuke-kun's true nature now, he's not as kind as you think," she whispered, confusing the blonde ninja.

"Uchiha Sasuke," he answered without hesitation. "So you already know, huh?"

"I want to fight you," Lee declared. "I want to test my techniques against the offspring of the genius ninja clan," he paused as he took his fighting stance, and then looked at Sakura. "Plus…" The female ninja noticed his staring, and held eye contact with him, until he did the unthinkable… He winked at her.

Her face paled considerably. "E-Ew…" she muttered in disgust and with a shaky voice. "Those lower eyelashes… ew. The hairstyle is lame… And those thick eyebrows. I think I'm going to have a heart attack if I don't look away."

Heart attack, Naruto thought, does that mean there's hope for Lee-san? Ah, but heart attack is meant to be a bad thing, right? But what if it's a good heart attack. How can a heart attack be good?! I'm remembering the old man, Jintarou. Such a sad time, he was the wisest person in the village, but he died half a year ago by a heart attack… Poor old man, ah wait, a fight?

"Challenging me knowing the Uchiha name," Sasuke started, as his smirk faltered and was replaced by a serious expression. "Frankly, you're a fool. You're about to learn, what exactly this name means, thick brows."

"Please," Lee replied, whilst holding a front of his palm in front of his chest and the other hand behind his back. I'm lucky… to already get to face the number one rookie. And I'll prove myself to Gai-sensei at the same time!

"Wait," Naruto interrupted, as all eyes turned to him. "Sasuke-kun, thick brows is rude towards a senpai. Not to mention… genius clan? And suddenly Sasuke-kun turned into… such an egotistical person. Is your clan really that strong? Ah, and Sakura-san rejected Lee-san, that's sad, give him some time to heal before you reject him again."

"Now's not the time for that!" Sakura exclaimed, whilst slapping the back of his head. "Seriously, you don't even know about Sasuke-kun's clan, and you call yourself our teammate?"

"You haven't told me anything!" Naruto followed, with a pout. "Actually, I don't know anything about either of you, so don't blame me!"

Lee remained silent as he watched the team. They have a really bad habit of ignoring people, he thought, as he coughed to get their attention. "I'll say this to start with; you guys cannot defeat me." I've trained too long to get beaten here, I must give it my all.

Sasuke continued to stare at him. He stopped my kick with his hand. That wasn't human; I don't know what kind of Ninjutsu he used but... "Sounds fun, let's do this."

Eh, Naruto thought, eh, eh… EH?! "H-Hey, we shouldn't fight now-"

"Oh!" Sakura exclaimed suddenly, "Sasuke-kun, don't! We only have 30 minutes to the meeting!"

As Sasuke rushed forward he answered: "I'll be done in five minutes!"

He's coming, Lee thought; I'm sorry Gai-sensei. I may need to break your rules. I may need to use that move. With those thoughts he disappeared, according to the audience and opponent, and appeared again in front of Sasuke, but this time in the air, with his back to him and his leg stretched out as he yelled: "Leaf Spinning Wind!" It was a high-speed high reverse roundhouse kick.

Above, Sasuke thought and managed to dodge the fast kick by kneeling to the ground, but as Lee was close to the ground he launched yet another kick. This time a middle reverse roundhouse kick. Damn, I can't dodge it, I must block! With that, he brought his two hands up and formed a cross to block the kick, aimed at his head, and with only a glance, he saw Lee had formed a half of a ram sign in front of his face. What…?

Just when Sasuke had thought he had successfully blocked the kick, it somehow slipped past his guard and threw him backwards in the air, when it hit his cheek. "Sasuke-kun!" Sakura shrieked in worry for her teammate. But… he had that blocked.

Naruto just watched the match. So this is the level I have to compete with? A level that can give even Sasuke-kun a hard time… Can I really do that? It's like… It's like he's on a whole other level than either of us. What are you going to do now, Sasuke-kun?

As Sasuke landed on the floor, he slowly got up with his thoughts running wild: What's going on? He slipped through my guard… Was that Ninjutsu or Genjutsu? When Sasuke was completely on his feet, he began smiling. Fine… I haven't been able to practice that, so this is an opportunity to do so. "Sharingan." Ninjutsu or Genjutsu, it must be some magic… I'll reveal it!

He rushed forward towards his opponent, in hope that he might find out what kind of technique he's using, but he never made it that far. A kick to his chin was all it took to make Sasuke fly once again, this time straight upwards.

His teammates were stunned. The Sharingan, Sakura thought when she saw him fly, it can't read the movements…

Blood were coming out of Sasuke's mouth, and as he looked down, Lee was muttering some words he only barely heard: "Yes, my techniques are neither Ninjutsu nor Genjutsu," he was saying as he disappeared from the audience's eyes, but appeared again, this time underneath the flying Uchiha. "Shadow Leaf Dance!"

He jumped, Naruto thought, what is this? Forget another level; he could be stronger than a Chuunin!

"My techniques are simple Taijutsu, Sasuke-kun," Lee told him in the air, as the bandages around his arms were slowly unwrapping. "You may not believe it because it is so basic, but they say the Sharingan has the ability to reveal all kinds of Nin-, Gen- and Taijutsu. It is true that by reading Ninjutsu or Genjutsu, which needs chakra to be raised or seals to be performed, you get an advantage through the Sharingan. But Taijutsu is different-"

"What do you mean?" Sasuke asked.

Lee let out a chuckle. "Even if you can read my movements with your eyes," he started, "your body does not have the speed to react to my Taijutsu. Basically, even if your eyes can see it, if your body can't move then it's useless."

Goodbye, Sasuke-kun, Naruto prayed in mockery. Just kidding, there's no way a Konoha-nin would kill another… right?

"Do you know this? Among strong people exists genius types and hardworking types If your Sharingan is a genius type from the Uchiha blood, I am simply a hardworking type who has mastered only Taijutsu," Lee continued. "You could say that my ultimate Taijutsu is the worst possible match up for your Sharingan. I will prove it with this technique; that hardworking surpasses genius."

What's he planning? Sasuke thought in panic, which was weird, since he was normally a calm person.

Huh, his opponent thought when he felt something bind his bandages to the wall. A windmill? This is…

"That's enough, Lee," a tortoise said.

Ah, a turtle, Naruto thought, calm as he watched Lee landing in front of the animal. A talking turtle… Why would a turtle talk? Uzumaki Naruto, you're going crazy, there's no way an animal can talk! He laughed nervously, as he still watched the tortoise. "It just talked, I'm gonna die…"

Meanwhile, Sasuke was just about to land: "Sasuke-kun," Sakura yelled as she ran forward to catch him from the fall. Luckily, she made it. "Are you alright, Sasuke-kun?" she asked but received no answer. He's shaken, he didn't even protect himself form the fall.

Lee muttered: "So you were watching…"

"Lee!" the tortoise exclaimed. "That technique is forbidden!"

"I'm sorry I just…" The tortoise glared at him, which made Lee flinch in fear. "But… I was not planning on using the other!"

Naruto walked over to the other two. "Hey, that's a turtle right?"

"Isn't that obvious?" Sakura questioned, slightly annoyed.

"Can a turtle talk?"

"How should I know?"

"You fool!" the tortoise scolded. "You think you can get away with an excuse like that?! You already know what it means for a ninja to reveal his special techniques! Are you prepared to pay?!"

Damn, Sasuke thought, I lost to these weirdoes…

"Then here comes Gai-sensei!" And with a sound, a cloud of smoke appeared on the back of the tortoise.

Gai-sensei, Naruto thought, with wide eyes. I knew I had seen him before! He resembles Gai-sensei!

"Geez," a voice exclaimed, revealing Maito Gai! Posing… "You guys are the epitome of adolescence!"

My student runs 20 laps a day, so I'm actually going easy on you. Not to mention, he does 5000 pinky finger pushups, with each pinky, 1000 one-legged sit-ups on each leg, runs around town on his hands, kicks a tree at least 4000 times, with each leg and punches a tree 4000 times with each hand. There is no such thing as impossible for my Lee-kun! He's only a year older than you, too.

Lee-kun is Lee-san, Naruto thought, I should've known…

Thank you for reading, I hope to get some constructive criticism, instead of flames… What can I do better? What did you like about this chapter, or the other chapters? Should I have more of this, or that or something else? Please do review and help me out, so I can please you all. Also, the next chapter consists the debut of Team Ten.