I am sooo happy! Look at all the reviews I have gotten for last chapter. All of you have made me very happy. Even though I do wonder where this explosion of reviews is suddenly emerging from, I truly am not one to complain. Oh, and I'm sorry for not having uploaded the first chapters of numerous other stories yesterday, it seemed I forgot I had a rehearsal. So, sorry. But I'll certainly try harder today. But first this chapter and my reviewers of course!

StrawberrySakuraChan: "grin" Gates of Konoha is awesome? I don't understand. Yeah, Lee rules! And indeed Sasuke is a pervert, but honestly, am I not as bad as him for writing this? I'm glad you liked it!

Panther eyes: It was not too violent, it was entertaining. Hmmm… I'm not sure what's going to happen yet myself so we'll have to wait eh?

Troublesome writer: I described it so, making sure that there was no way for anyone to think he was still alive or anything. You know? To make sure. Really? I'm so happy you liked that! I liked putting down a drunken Lee too, still hard but fun to do. Thank you!

ifTheFlameConsumes: I will! Thanks!

The ruby wolf: "grin" Okay, I'll be sure to remember that. Wasn't it Ouran twins rock though? "blink" am I that mistaken? Haha, no problem! Man, you must've had a lot to read when you did notice eh?

Van the Key of Lain: Well, that's what I'm trying to do, driving people insane. "grin" Yeah, I don't know why I made Tenten do that, I really don't!

Amber: I'll see what I can do. Well, I for one love two-sided cliffies… but only when I write them myself. "grin".

Animelover5.6: "grin" it's really weird indeed, but I love how great minds think alike sometimes. Hmmm… Sakura is indeed in a tiny bit of trouble eh? Hahaha, sorry.

LeeLover09: Yeah, I don't know that myself, but I'll be sure to warn you if I do! Promise! Friday? Well, you'll have lots to read then eh? Thanks for the review!!!

And that's all of them! "grin" finally, my relief from a day in school can begin. Oh, and just to say, when I do finally post the first chapters for other stories, don't worry, I'll still update this every day until it ends. I've grown attached to this ficcie anyways. So keep on reviewing! You guys give me what I need to continue on writing, and that is the wish to please you all, who have been so kind.

On with it!!!

Can I kill him now?

Sakura gasped slightly as the mud around her tightened drastically, giving her no chance to escape whatsoever. Her self-inflicted wound was stinging terribly and oozing blood, but she didn't care, not now. She hissed angrily as the Uchiha kissed her once more. He had to get away from her, now! Why was she so weak? Why couldn't she do anything to save herself. Did she always have to rely on others like Lee? She gulped. As much as she wanted Lee to come and save her now, she never wanted him to see her in the embarrassing position she was in right now.

Sasuke seemed to stop all of a sudden. He turned his head as if he were listening to something, or someone. Sakura smiled inwardly as she hoped with all her heart for someone. While Sasuke wasn't looking, she tried biting the mud holding her, but as expected, this didn't help much as the mud kept reforming its mass. "Impossible." Sasuke whispered. Sakura had heard him though. What could be so impossible? Was something wrong? She was glad with the interference though. Sasuke all of a sudden grinned. "Its your precious Lee" he said. "But he won't be able to help you since he doesn't want to hurt you." He once more caressed Sakura's cheek. "Now, isn't that a pity?"

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Lee was sprinting trough the forest when he saw it. A flash of pink on the ground. He stopped abruptly and jumped over to the place he had seen the flashy colour. He growled deeply at the sight before him, as his heart jumped in his throat with the vile taste of worry. There she was, laying on the ground, his precious flower. He kneeled next to her and examined her face. He felt her forehead gently with his bandaged hand, his fingers connecting to feel her warmth. It was obvious, and unmistakable. His beloved was trapped in some sort of Genjutsu. Lee's eyes shot to Sakura's left leg, where the deep gash was still bleeding. He frowned and gasped dramatically, quickly ripping off his own bandages to tie them around Sakura's leg.

He was even more worried now. Seeing how no kunai was to be seen anywhere, it seemed that whatever happened in this genjutsu world, also infected Sakura's real body. Lee gulped. Whatever happened. "SASUKE!!!!" he roared in fury and anxiety. "WHERE ARE YOU?!"

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Sasuke chuckled. "He's standing right next to your body." He informed Sakura. Sakura noticed how the bleeding of her left leg became far less intense and she smiled slightly, forgetting about her current situation, just for a few seconds. "He's looking for me." Sasuke chuckled. Sakura glared daggers at the Uchiha's back. "He was able to beat you last time!" she yelled at him. "And he will be able to do so again!" Sasuke turned to her in fury, raising his hand, but letting it drop quickly, realizing he couldn't hurt her now. Instead, he just smiled. "My dear Sakura, I'm not going to challenge the eyebrows." He said as if humoured.

Sakura growled at his comment. "I'm going to let him suffer by making you moan." Sakura gulped. She wanted to cry, when suddenly she felt a reassuring softness and sweetness on her lips, as if telling her everything would be alright.

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Lee saw Sakura shiver, small tears filling the corners of her eyes. What was that Uchiha doing to her? He leaned over Sakura's body and softly kissed her. "I will save you." He whispered. He wiped the tears away gently and tried to examine the situation as much as he could, trying to hold back his stress and anxiety as he did. "Let me see…" he said trough gritted teeth while scanning Sakura's body. "Sasuke would never cause pain on Sakura if that meant getting her out of the illusion." He whispered to himself, while checking Sakura's body for other wounds, finding none. "So it seems Sakura has tried to hurt herself, to get out of the illusion."

He narrowed his eyes slightly. "She did not succeed." He gulped softly. "Surely, this does not mean, that I…" It was no option. He could never hurt his beloved flower, never.

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"It's as I thought." Sasuke said, smiling triumphantly. "The eyebrows doesn't want to cause you any pain." Sakura growled as the nickname was used once more. "And that means…" Sasuke exclaimed, licking his lips. "I can have my own little way with you my sweet cherry blossom." Sakura's eyes narrowed tremendously. "Don't you call me that!" she spat. "Only Lee can call me that." Sasuke's smile left his face. He stepped closer to Sakura once more, the sky darkened and black. "Whatever then, you slut." He growled. "I will have you either way." He let himself fall on hands and knees, both knees next to her hips, his hands next to her head once more.

Sakura was sure he was going to have his own way with her, when suddenly, her cheek started stinging painfully hard, tears springing to her eyes, her body disappearing from the Uchiha who simply gasped at the sight.

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"What should I do?" Lee moaned to himself, his hands clutching his hair. "Only…Lee" the unconscious Sakura spoke softly, as if she was dreaming. Lee stared at the girl. Why would she say that? Why? Was it a sign perhaps? Lee sighed, knowing he was running out of time once more. He took a deep breath, still not sure if he should even try what he was about to do. What if he was wrong about this? But when he saw how Sakura suddenly gasped strongly, his mind was made up. He raised his hand and brought it down harshly onto Sakura's cheek, vowing he would punish himself severely for this.

But then it happened. Sakura fluttered her eyes open, bringing her hand to her cheek. She slowly sat up and seemed to examine her clothing for some reason. She looked at the bandage around her leg and smiled. Tears were stinging in her eyes. Sakura looked up at Lee, who was sitting next to her, obviously not sure of what to say or do. But when Sakura took her hand down, her cheek painfully red, he threw his arms around the girl, hugging her tightly. "I am so sorry!" he said loudly. "Sakura-chan, I really did not wish to hurt you." Lee told the girl, a few tears rolling down his cheeks. It seemed Lee had hurt himself more then Sakura with the slap he probably gave her.

But Sakura returned the hug, tightening her own arms around Lee. "I'm glad you did, Lee." She sighed. "Otherwise, something…much worse would've happened. I am very grateful to you." Sakura couldn't see it, but she almost felt Lee smile at her words, almost reading his thoughts, telling her, he would protect her forever. She kissed him happily, glad that was over. "Well, isn't this cute?" a voice growled. Sakura immediately reacted and slapped her hand in front of Lee's eyes, directing her own to the ground, focusing on anything that would happen to come near. "Sakura, what…?" Lee wasn't even able to finish his sentence. The poor boy had no idea of what was going on.

"Not falling for my trap a second time, eh Sakura, you tramp?" Sakura smiled triumphantly, but Lee, who had now recognized the voice of Sasuke seemed to be fuming. "How could you call her a…hmph!" Sakura had slapped her other hand in front of Lee's mouth. "Don't" she whispered. She felt Lee nod, and took her hand away. Meanwhile, she had seen two feet approach her. "Don't look at him, look at the ground, watch his feet." She whispered to Lee. "Alright, Sakura-chan." He agreed. "What happened to Orochimaru?" Sasuke asked. Sakura sensed he was only a few inches away from her and backed away slightly only to bump softly into Lee, who wrapped an arm around her.

"He is dead." Lee spoke, almost proudly. Sakura tore her gaze away from the ground to look up at Lee for a moment. His eyes, now directly aimed into hers seemed honest and serious, and even more so seemed to tell Sakura to look back down. Sakura did so. "Dead?" Sasuke chuckled. The chuckling stopped when he too noticed Lee was telling the truth though. "But how did you…how?!" he almost roared. The boy seemed to be completely helpless and lost without his oh so great new sensei.

Sasuke roared in fury and ran off, maybe because he knew he was no match for Lee, or perhaps because he was out of chakra because of using his sharingan for such a long time, but either way, he took off. That is, he did, but not before throwing one last kunai with maddening speed, directly at Sakura, who couldn't help but see the danger too late. Lee had seen it on time though and turned himself and Sakura around in their embrace, the kunai digging its way into Lee's back, the boy falling to the ground only mere seconds later, Sakura falling to her knees beside him, crying and asking him why, while knowing damn straight why, and Sasuke disappearing into the distance, not even sure if he had hit his target or not, just a scraed, helpless boy right now, not even sure of the damage he had done.

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And stop. NO!!!! This is not the ending. Hahaha, since many… well… all of you requested a happy ending, this couldn't possibly be the last chapter, now could it? And Lee isn't dead, just mortally wounded. Man, this chapter was hard to write, with Sakura actually being in two places at once, and certain actions overlapping, it was not easy! But I tried my best and am fairly happy with it.

Please review!!!