I don't own Naruto just my Oc and her pet Riku.
Chapter 52
"It's an empty shell..."Miyuki said
"How did he do that?"Naruto asked
"He must've done it when Lee was in the middle of the lotus Jutsu."Miyuki concluded
Lee looked shocked that his Jutsu didn't work, he then heard a dark chuckling sound and something rose up from the sand Lee turn to see Gaara smiling evilly and chuckling a few cracks marks from the sand armor was visibly seen from all around his body.
"So it's happened...that look in his eyes...it could only mean the demon inside of him has been awaken."Kankuro whispered fear etched onto his face.
Gaara made a handsign and a great amount of sand was unleashed. Lee tried to block it but he was thrown back. Miyuki held onto the railing worked about her friend she glanced at him then back at Gaara, waves of sand started to hit Lee while he tries to move his feet but he was a bit weakened from his earlier Jutsu and he got hit.
"Poor kid doesn't have any strength left...Gaara is just toying with him now."Kankuro whispered
"I don't get it, why doesn't bushy brow dodges it?"Naruto asked
"I think that lotus did more damage to him than he thought."Miyuki said "I remember something similar happened back at the forest when he was helping me and Sakura that it was like that."
"Can bushy brow win this one? He's gotta have something! If all he's got his Taijutsu."Naruto said
'Lee...you've got to hang in there!'Miyuki thought back to when she first met Lee.
Flashback
A younger Miyuki was at the training ground practicing with a wooden sword in her hand hitting the giant piece of log with it after a few hours she was breathing heavily and looked at the log it had a few scratch marks around it.
'I need more practice...I wanna get better at it.'Miyuki thought she heard her stomach growling. 'Well...it's a good thing I brought something to eat.'
She walked to the tree where she had placed her small bag taking out a bento box before she could chow down on her lunch she heard a boy's voice and punching sounds against a log.
"If I can't do 500 punches then it's two thousands squats!" A boy said
Miyuki got curious and peeked out of the tree to see a boy maybe a year older than her with bushy eye brows and long braided black hair wearing a white martial artist type of jacket and blue pants. She saw that he repeatedly kicked the tree.
'Yikes, that boy has bushy eye brows kinda reminds me of Guy sensei.'Miyuki thought 'I think I've seen him at the academy...what was his name?...Something Lee...Broccoli? No that's stupid...Brock Lee? No...'
"Ah! Forget it I'll just ask him!"Miyuki said "But...he looks busy so I'll ask him later..."
Miyuki took one glance at the boy and was about to leave when she heard a slight shout of pain, she panicked and looked at the boy holding his other hand. Miyuki ran towards him.
"Hey! Are you okay?!"Miyuki asked
The boy looked at Miyuki giving her a curious look.
"Let me see!"Miyuki said grabbing his hand and carefully inspecting it.
The boy wondered why Miyuki was here, sure he knew that a few would be here training but he didn't think that there was someone still here. He looked at Miyuki her long hair was in a ponytail tied by a white ribbon and she had on a purple long sleeve shirt with dark blue pants. He felt her small hands over his wounded hand.
"It doesn't look like it's been hurt badly but you might try to put on some healing ointment on it so that it won't get any worse."Miyuki softly said glancing at the boy. "What's your name?"
'She's asking for my name?...'The boy thought
"Hello? What's your name?"Miyuki asked
The boy snapped out of his thoughts and looked at Miyuki.
"My name is Rock Lee! And what is your name?"Lee asked
"Rock Lee? That's an interesting name. My name is Miyuki Hatake."Miyuki said smiling at him.
"Ah! I gotta get back to my training!"Lee exclaimed "It was nice meeting you!"
Lee ran off leaving Miyuki alone. She got up and took her bag and walked home, once she reached her house and went inside she saw Kakashi with dinner on the table.
"I'm home!"Miyuki said
"Miyuki, how was your day?"Kakashi asked her while she sat down at the table.
"It was good, I practiced a bit of kenjutsu and I saw a boy training really hard too. He was doing a lot of punches and stuff."Miyuki said while cracking a raw egg over the rice and took her chopsticks preparing to mix it. "But that boy really needs to do something about those eyebrows, People could make fun of him."
"Heh."Kakashi chuckled a bit.
"What's so funny,dad?"Miyuki asked
"Oh,nothing."Kakashi said
The next day. Miyuki went back to her usual training spot but she wasn't alone she noticed the boy that was training.
"Is that Lee?"Miyuki said looking at Lee.
"If I cannot do a thousand punches then it is a thousand Kicks!"Lee said
'He's training again? It looks like he's been at it for hours.'She thought Miyuki watched Lee train for hours until he almost collapsed. She got a little worried about him so she decided to talk to him.
"Hi Lee."Miyuki said
"You're the girl from yesterday..."Lee said wiping the sweat from his forehead and tried to get up.
"Yep, it looks like you've been training a bit."Miyuki said
Before Lee could even speak the two heard a few voices they looked up to see a group of boys.
"Well if it isn't Dork Lee!" A boy snickered
"Why are you even training here in the first place? You'll never be a ninja if you don't know Ninjutsu or Genjutsu and you're Taijutsu is worst than average!"
"I can be a ninja! Even if I don't know any Ninjutsu or Genjutsu!" Lee exclaimed
"Yeah right Dork Lee!"
The boys kept chanting Dork Lee until Miyuki felt an angry anime vein pop into her head. She felt angry that those boys were making fun of Lee.
"Hey! Don't call him that! He can be a ninja even if he doesn't know any ninjutsu or Genjutsu!"Miyuki exclaimed
"And what are you his little girlfriend?"
"She's probably as bad as him."
"Then they're a perfect couple."
Before any of the boys could talk, Miyuki cracked her knuckles.
"You guys really pissed me off!"Miyuki exclaimed taking out her wooden sword.
A few minutes later the group of boys were running away you could clearly see the bumps and bruises that they've gotten.
"That's right! You better keep running! And I better not see any of you guys making fun of Lee!" Miyuki yelled out waving the wooden sword, she let out a huff and turn to Lee.
'Did she just...defend me?'Lee thought he couldn't believe that someone didn't make fun of him and instead defended him.
"Lee? Are you okay?"Miyuki said waving her hand in front of his face, he immediately snapped out of his thoughts and felt a slight blush on his cheeks.
"Ah yes! I am fine! It's just...you're the first person that did that...you didn't make fun of me."Lee said
"Why would I make fun of you? I know someone else that uses Taijutsu a lot. He's a good ninja at that so I just think that you could do it too. "Miyuki said
End of flashback
Miyuki gripped the railing and watched Lee run from the sand.
"He should quit while he can, it was just bad luck that he got Gaara."Kankuro said
'He's not gonna give up...'Miyuki thought 'Even if others think he should that he should quit...he's not the type to quit. Just like those times that he and I sparred.'
Lee breath heavily and kept his guard up, Gaara just stared at Lee evilly and started to chuckle darkly.
"What good do you think that'll do?"Gaara said
"I pity the kid Gaara is just toying the kid until he begs for mercy."Kankuro said
"Well then, Gaara is in for a long match because that will never happen."Guy said
"He's right, Lee doesn't know how to give up."Miyuki said 'He'll find a way to win...he just doesn't give up.' She thought 'Just like back then.'
Flashback a year ago
Miyuki and Lee were having a sparring session and Lee tried to land a punch but Miyuki was quick enough to dodge and punch a few onto his stomach and immobilize him giving her a few openings to land the finishing blow. Lee grunted as he hit the ground.
"Aw crap! Lee you okay?!"Miyuki exclaimed
"I'm fine! Let's try again!"Lee said
"You sure?"Miyuki asked
"Yes! Don't hold back!"Lee said
A few hours later after a while Miyuki started to worry about Lee. He was breathing heavily and was still standing despite the bruises and bumps all over his body. Miyuki had a few scratches but not as much as Lee.
"Lee I think that's enough...maybe you should rest."Miyuki said
"No I will not! Let's go again Miyuki!"Lee said
Before Miyuki could respond Lee ran straight forward to Miyuki he went in to punch her but Miyuki acted on instinct and dodged the punch and grabbed his arm knocking him out of balance and flipped him hard his body slamming against the ground.
"Ah Lee! Are you okay?! Aw crap! Aw crap! I'll go get the healing ointments!"Miyuki exclaimed running off.
A few minutes later Miyuki started applying healing ointment at Lee's wounds.
"You're good at this Miyuki."Lee said
"Really? Thanks I tried at least ever since I was young dad teaches me a few things. Mostly healing and using the sword."Miyuki said
"I wonder if I'll ever be as good as you or Neji..."Lee said he felt a slight smack on his head. "Ow!"
"You start thinking like that and you won't! Don't you ever doubt yourself Lee the moment that you'll do that, all of you're hard work won't mean anything! You gotta have more faith in yourself!" Miyuki said "Besides I'm not the top of my class I think I'm like the second or third in my class..."
"Still you have a gift...and with that gift you'll be a splendid ninja."Lee said
"I know you'll be a great ninja Lee, even if you're not as gifted as the rest of us!"Miyuki said "Just stick to your nindo and your ninja way! I'm sure you'll do great Lee!"
"It's just like what Guy sensei said to me last night."Lee said "Miyuki..."
"Huh?"Miyuki said
She then felt arms around her body in a tight embrace.
"Miyuki...thank you...I'm glad I met you."Lee whispered "You are a good friend."
"You're welcome Lee...I'm happy that we're friends. Just never give up on your dreams okay?"Miyuki said smiling at Lee.
"I swear to you that I'll never give up on my dreams!"Lee sincerely said
End of flashback
'Lee...come on!'Miyuki thought
Lee looked up at Guy then he glanced at Miyuki. Sand whirled around the two.
"Make him quit! Before he gets himself killed!"Sakura pleaded.
'Bushy brow...'Naruto thought
Lee instead of being worried or scared he did the opposite he smiled. The sand went at him and Lee was able to move at an incredible speed surprising everyone.
'I will make you proud sensei...Miyuki I will never give up on my dream...'Lee thought
"Lee is smiling! He's running for his life and he's still smiling!"Sakura said
"Yes, but now is Gaara's turn to run."Guy said "The leaf village lotus blooms twice."
"Wait...Lee said that to us!"Miyuki said
"Guy...no you didn't."Kakashi said realizing something.
"Yes, Kakashi I did."Guy said
"So that boy...that Genin is able to open the eight inner gates and use the Hidden lotus?"Kakashi asked
"The hidden lotus..."Miyuki said
"Well that isn't the most..."Kakashi started "So how many can he open now?"
"Five gates."Guy said
'Isn't that dangerous? I mean sure it gives you strength but it can really damage your body...and if you open all of them...you die...'Miyuki thought 'Lee you better not die on me...'
"I don't know what that boy means to you Guy but I shouldn't need to tell you that we shouldn't bring our personal feelings into play I wouldn't have thought you were capable of this."Kakashi said
"You have no right, you know nothing about him Think what if it was Miyuki? What would you do?"Guy said
"Don't you dare say that Guy! She's not like him!"Kakashi said angrily.
"You're reaction proves my point, That boy has something to prove even if it means die trying."Guy said
'Lee...this is you're moment...prove to us...that you are a splendid ninja!'Miyuki thought
Lee stopped for a moment and glanced at Miyuki giving her a soft smile. Then chakra started to flow through his body at great force.
"I don't know what you think you're planning right now...but this match is over for you..."Gaara said
"You are right...it is over..."Lee said "One way or another!" 'Neji...Sasuke...and Naruto...also Miyuki...'he thought 'I am not going to be the only one to lose here!'
Lee's skin started to change color from his natural light skin tone to a bit of a red tone and his eyes being white, veins started to appear in his face. 'The third gate! Open!' His appearance surprised everyone.
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