I must say, has been acting crazy lately. I suddenly get review alerts for chapters like chapter 17, and no, no new ones. But, I must say I'm grateful for the reviews I got for last chapter as well. But my internet is moving veeeery slowly, I wonder why. Anyways, today I came up with two new ideas for a story in school (very weird how that place inspires me so) and I'm going to try and update the first chapter for both of them, so watch out for them. And now, my reviewers!
StrawberrySakuraChan: I never drank it, but I'm sure you're right. Lee agrees also (in episode 108 or so) Off course she won't fall in love with him! The problem is that Sasuke is rather pushy, but you'll read all about it now.
Troublesome writer: "turns her head in shame" yes, that is exactly what I do, always have, always will. "grin" yes, but I doubt it was the kind of action you meant earlier on eh? Yeah, I first wanted to kill off Gai, but I feel sorry for him now so I don't know what I'll do! I guess I'll find out before I type it down eh?
The16thday: No problem! As I mentioned, is screwing with me as well, so don't worry. Yeah, I like Gai very much myself, he's so very cool! Okay, maybe not, but still…!
Animelover5.6: Truth be told, I liked Saku/sasu in the beginning myself…that was until Lee truly did protect Sakura with his life and the episodes that followed after. I mean, when Lee first appeared, my mouth hung open. I was like, WTH? I'm glad you liked it!!!
Panther eyes: Hahaha, you must see it! So, where are you now? His downfall, or his recovery, or what? "grin" I don't think I'll let her do that though.
Leelover09: "grin" Yeah, I enjoyed writing those last chapters very much. I'm glad you like it even though I must agree with you that it indeed had its downs. I hope I won't let you down when I finally get to the final chapter (no, not yet)
ChaosImperial: No, that's now what I mean. Off course I'll write a final chapter, either way! But, I was just wondering how many more chapters I should add before doing that, you see? But, I'm glad you want me to continue nonetheless.
Van the Key of Lain: Hahaha, thanks a lot for that explanation! Yeah, I didn't want her to move in with Kakashi in fear of something happening that I really didn't want to happen. And I thought, since Lee and Sakura are already betrothed, it's about time, don't you think? And thanks for the wonderful review. "gulps" seeing me soon. "cowers in fear" what are you going to do to me? Whatever I did, I'm sorry!!!
"cough" okay, either way, here's the next chapter. I don't think it will be the last one yet, but truth be told, I'm writing on impulses here, and I'm craving to write another story where they aren't together yet, exactly why I'm going to start with one or two after this. Whether or not I post them already is all up to time.
On with it!!! (I love doing this)
Must I hurt you?
Lee stumbled a bit and almost fell off of the branch that was supporting him, but his foot got stuck clumsily and so he didn't fall. Neji raised an eyebrow at this. Was this for real? Lee, now hanging upside down pointed a shaky finger at a dumbfounded Orochimaru. "Sjou pussshed me!" he accused. Orochimaru's eyes widened slightly at this, he then smiled a small smile, then grinned, and eventually tossed his head back, laughter now echoing throughout the forest.
"You just poisoned your own team-mate!" he laughed, looking at Neji who only glared at the vicious snake. "What are your chances of winning n…" before he could finish his sentence though, a foot connected with his jaw, sending him flying, blood making its way down his chin. "Donsjou laugh at mje!" Lee yelled in fury. Next, everything happened terribly fast. Lee seemed to have disappeared and even Neji could barely see an extremely fast body jump from tree to tree in a speed unfazed by any man.
Orochimaru was just shakily standing up when this time, a fist plunged itself, full force into his belly. The man spat out an even greater amount of blood this time, resulting in an even angrier Lee. "Sjou jus' ruined my suuut!" Neji couldn't help but raise an eyebrow at this. How strange and different this drunken Lee was. Almost as if it was a dark side of the normally so nice Lee. Talking about Lee, the boy was just pulling Orochimaru's hair. "Sjou tryin' to copy Neji?" he asked. And without waiting for an answer, he teared off the hair in one strong swing. Lee laughed hard at this.
If anyone else had been watching this, Neji would've hid in shame, but now he couldn't help but be amused with the normally so frightening sannin, screaming in rage and pain for his hair. Orochimaru tried to hit Lee with his strong arms, but Lee kind off… fell over right when the strike was to connect. Orochimaru blinked when suddenly, a foot connected with his chin. "Tha' wasj sjour fault! Jerk!" Lee yelled, angry he had fallen for some reason. And he continued the beating in a speed now so high, that Neji had given up on trying to track his team-mate.
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Sakura held back the urge to puke. Sasuke's hand had now moved to her hip, and she rudely slapped it away. Sasuke was not allowed to touch her like that, never again, and she would let him know that. "I will never love you again Sasuke!" she stated, trying to wriggle away from him but succeeding very poorly. She glared up at the boy. "You swore you wouldn't do this again." She hissed.
She was taken aback when suddenly, Sasuke activated his sharingan, his eyes swirling with the darkness of blood red and pitch black. His tong was grazing his teeth and lust filled his eyes. He leaned in closer to her ear, sending shivers down her spine, his hot breath manipulating her body, making it respond in a way she didn't want it to . "I lied" came Sasuke's faint whisper. Sakura inspected their position. She was laying in the grass, her knees pulled up a tad while Sasuke was bent over her, on his hands and knees, those awfully familiar hands placed right next to her head.
She saw one chance, and one chance only. She breathed in Sasuke's foreign scent, trying desperately not to look the Uchiha in the eye. She knew he'd see right trough her if she did. And then, suddenly, and without warning, she thrusted her palm, strengthened with her own chakra and fear, upwards, making it connect with Sasuke's chest. The boy immediately flew off of her and was catapulted a few feet away from the now fairly proud girl. That proud quickly changed into anxiety when she saw him clutch his chest, trying to get up though. He was still conscious? After that?!
Sakura decided to just run for it, never giving Sasuke a second glance. She ran and ran, until she couldn't run anymore. She realized something awkward was going on though. She had wanted to run back to the village but it seemed the forest simply refused to end, and as if the trees all looked familiar, yet foreign at the same time. Sakura growled at herself when she realised she had already been caught in a genjutsu from the moment she had seen the sharingan activate.
Now what should she do? Snap out of it off course! And the best way to do that was trough pain. She grabbed a kunai and quickly jammed it trough her left leg. Blood spurted out, but the scenery didn't change. What was going on? "You'll find that to be quite ineffective Sakura." Sasuke said. The boy was now advancing on her slowly, his right arm still clutching his chest. "You see, you can't get out of this genjutsu by hurting yourself." He advanced even more, but Sakura stood her ground. She didn't know where to run to anyways, and perhaps the explanation would give her some idea.
Sasuke took a strand of Sakura's hair between his fingers and smelled it. Sakura tried to slap him, but this time, Sasuke grabbed her palm before she could. He looked her in the eye once more. "Only the pain caused by another can help you awaken." He smiled. "And with that, I mean physical pain." Sakura growled at the man now standing next to her. She couldn't believe she had awaited his return for so long now. What was wrong with her?
"But don't worry, Sakura" Sasuke continued softly. "I promise I will be gentle." Sakura's eyes widened and she tried to push the Uchiha off, to no avail though. It would seem she was in his world now. The mud from the sandy ground was already clutching her limbs tightly, slowly dragging her down onto the hard, cold ground.
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Neji stared in awe at the pile of meat that now laid in front of Lee, freaking out because he had gotten his hands dirty. It was quite obvious that Orochimaru was dead, seeing how no man could survive being chopped into 200 pieces, every bone scattered and broken, and every muscle ripped apart, the heart ripped out and squished flat and the brains merely stepped on when Lee's foot had squished Orochimaru's skull.
Now, what was he to do next? It seemed he rather not make Lee angry right now, seeing how he didn't want to end up like the once famous ninja before him. He sighed when he saw Lee perform a small dance. He really should try it, who knew how Konoha would end up otherwise. "Lee, could you kindly come over here please?" Neji asked, doing his best not to say anything that could anger the man. "Why shoush I do sjat, Neji?" the drunk teen responded, his eyes narrowing slightly. Neji couldn't help but gulp. "To tell you a secret." Neji continued bravely.
Lee immediately became jolly and happy like a little child as he walked over Neji quite clumsily, to finally stand next to him. Neji put his left hand to his mouth, motioning for lee to come closer. Lee did so and allowed Neji to put his hand on his right shoulder as he did so. "Well, the truth is…" Neji was sure that Lee was listening intently enough. He sent a great deal of chakra throughout Lee's body, ignoring the pained screams that emanated the Ninja's body. When he finally retreated his hand and stopped his sneaky attack, he jumped back a few feet, hoping these last minutes weren't his last.
Lee shook his head, looked at Neji and at the bloody pile on his other side. He sighed when he saw that Neji was truly afraid of him. "Thank you for your help, Neji." Lee said. "But just for the record, a small scratch would do too." Lee didn't hold it against the Hyuuga that he had hurt him so much though. It seemed his rival had been very scared. Not giving this a second thought, realizing he had a lot to take care off now, Lee jumped onto the nearest branch, back to where he had seen Gai-sensei lastly. Neji followed closely behind him.
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"Leave me alone!" Sakura screeched, knowing she couldn't be heard right now. Sasuke obviously knew this too, and he chuckled at hearing the kunoichi try so hard. He let his smooth, right hand run across her face, stroking her hair and the few tears away. He had waited too long for this moment. His long craving was truly the only reason he had returned. The only reason why he had betrayed Orochimaru. Sakura gulped as the lust filled eyes of her former lover once more scanned her body.
With one commando of his left hand, a few leafs it seemed, shot by and ripped off Sakura's shirt. Sasuke smirked and planted kisses all over the beautifully flower, down to her belly button, finding the skirt she was wearing was in his way. This, he unzipped himself, before sliding it down her delicate legs slowly and tauntingly. Once more, Sakura's body reacted the way she didn't want it to, as she felt tingles being sent trough her body. Tears were sliding down her face. Lee wasn't going to save her this time.
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Tenten was holding up a couching Gai, giving him little bits of water every now and then. This was truly not what the man needed at the moment. His bones seemed to be crushed because of the branches' tight embrace. Numerous cuts were planted along his body too, but they were superficial. Also, a deeper cut seemed to be ripped in his flesh somehow. This cut hadn't stopped bleeding yet. But the main problem was to get Gai to breath properly again. Lee stopped abruptly in front of his sensei, nearly slipping off of the branch he was right now, not being able to halt his full speed immediately. But Neji had grabbed him by the collar and pulled him back.
"Sensei, calm down a bit!" Tenten screamed. Gai was calm, very calm, eerily calm even. Rasped breaths, and coughs were coming from his throat, but his blue colour was pulling away, only to leave a sickly pale in its place. Tenten seemed to be sick of it. She was going to help her sensei, no matter what. Gai had closed his eyes, trying to get a breath in, but not being able to, when suddenly, he felt a strong wave of air fill his lungs. He opened his eyes to find Tenten's lips pressed tightly on his own. Neji was standing there dumbfounded and seemingly jealous while his number one pupil was there, worrying himself to death. He pushed Tenten gently away from him when he noticed he could indeed breath better now, thanking the girl with his eyes, not being able to say much.
She immediately clutched herself to Neji's arm, smiling triumphantly. This time, Lee kneeled in front of his sensei. He really was in bad shape. "We have to get him to the hospital!" Lee said loudly, scanning his still smiling sensei. The smile was killing him right now. Neji and Tenten immediately agreed. Gai was lifted onto Neji's back who had little trouble carrying the jounin. Gai did his best not to complain about the pain he felt every time they shifted him, but his gritted teeth gave him away. Lee placed a reassuring hand softly on Gai's back. "We will be there soon Gai-sensei." Lee said reassuringly. And off they went.
It indeed didn't take them too long, all three off them being worried sick about their sensei. On the way there, Neji told him about how his number one pupil had beaten Orochimaru in a rather…painful way, resulting in his sensei laughing hard. Neji grinned. Lee had always been a way to cheer up his sensei. But said boy was now deep in thought, jumping next to Neji. He seemed to be worried about something else then his sensei right now.
"Ah, the gates of Konoha" Gai weakly said. He was obviously glad to have this difficult yet short journey to be over with. While there, Lee seemed to scan the area for something but found nothing. Why was he feeling so nervous? Luck had it, that right there, talking to the guards, was the one and only Kakashi-sensei. Even he seemed to be shocked to say the least when they arrived their with Gai, Neji quite exhausted. "Gai, what happened?" the jounin screamed. Gai only gave a faint 'good guy pose' before collapsing completely.
"I'll take him from here." Kakashi offered, noticing Neji's tiredness. "Where's Sakura?" Lee mumbled to himself, feeling anxious when thinking about her. "I saw her head to the training grounds with Sasuke." Kakashi responded while hauling Gai onto his back. Not even waiting for a response, he rushed off to the hospital with his rival/best friend. Lee's eyes were bulging out of his head about now. Sasuke was still the betrayer he once was and now, he thought Lee was gone! He immediately sped off to the training grounds himself, swearing that he would kill Sasuke, had he hurt his beloved cherry blossom even one bit.
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Now, this is a long chapter! Wow, I have no idea where all of that came from, but I'm fairly happy with it. Oh, and if invaderweb is reading this by any chance… please update! "grin" Now guys, could you review please? The story is not finished yet!!! So keep on cheering me on, will you? Bye now!