She blinked, seeing the "oh holy cow" expression on gai's face. "uh..sir?" she quiried with a sweatdrop appearing. Lee poked his sensei "sir!" "ah--wha?! Oh, sorry..." he said, smiling faintly "so your the one lee's been babbling about..", lees face went red, "thank you so much for saving me, i cant beleive i managed to almost drown myself!" the girl smiled, her dark eyes, when looked closely at, seemed to hide a myriad of colours in their depths, like a rainbow "dont worry about it sir, im glad your alright, lee here was having a panic attack pratically" she tucked a stray strand back under her headband. "My name is Haruka Konoha".
Lee smiles and plopped into a chair beside his sensei's bed "when are you gonna be outta here sensei? i wanna finish training!" haruka smiled at the young ninjas eager vocie. But gai sighed "it wont be for a while lee...." he broke off, wincing at a pain in his chest, "so im afraid you may have to wait a few days..".
Seeing lee's dissapointed face, haruka piped up "uh, sir, mr. sensei sir, i could training him if you wish!" Gai looked up "theres no need to call me sensei, the names Gai Maito" she smiled, finally hearing the mans name. "And if its really no bother to you, could you please train lee?" she nodded "Id be more than glad to!" lee jumped up and down, looking alot like his sensei.
"yahoo! im gonna be trained by sensei's rescuer.." both gai and haruka, after excanging looks of "how sweet", smiled happily at each other. Lee spotted this, and blinked curiously "hm..".
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"aww....c'mon, im starving, when're we gonna be done training?" whined naruto. His, sakura's and sasuke's sensei, Hatake Kakashi sighed "not yet naruto you must learn to-" but his words were cut off by what sounded like high pitched laughter coming from the lakeside.
"what the?" kakashi set of a run towards it, followed by naruto and sakura, sasuke merely shrugged and sat down on a tree stump.
Pushing thru the trees near the lakes edge the 3 gaped at what they saw. It was Lee doing his training, like he usually did, but his sensei wasn't with him, instead it was the black haired teacher assistant.
"eh?" Kakashi strode over to them both, Haruka smiled "hello, can i help you?" while lee raced over to sakura and naruto with a grin. Kakashi raised one eyebrow at the cheerful girl "yes, where is Gai-sensei?" she winced "ah, he's in the hospital.." kakashi blinked "hospital? what on earth for?" she sighed "he was training with lee and almost drowned in the lake when he got knocked in, hes pretty ill so theyre keeping him in for a few days, i agreed to teach lee until he was finished.." kakashi nodded slowly "ah i see...well i hope gai-sensei will be well soon, please tell him Kakashi said hello" she nodded.
And with that he turned to go, thinking "shes a strange one..ive never known gai to entrust a student so easily....must be something special about her" he called to sakura and naruto "come. lets get back!" they grumbled.but said goodbye to lee who waved goodbye then ran back to haruko with a smile. She grinned "right, lets rock!"
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What haruka had said was the truth, Gai wasn't doing that well. Lack of sleep days before his accident meant he wasnt able to cope very well with the shock and sickness the cold water plunge had brought on. Haruka worried about him as she and lee walked back from the lake. Lee noticed her worried face and asked "whats wrong rescue-sensei?" which was a nickname hed given her.
She sighed "nothing lee, im OK!" she smiled sweetly and he grinned back, "ill see you tomorrow rescue-sensei!" he called as he ducked into his house. She waved happily then carried on walking across town to her own.
Partway there she stopped...seeing the hospital a few metres away. She took a deep breath to calm her nerves then walked in.
"May i see Gai Maito?" she asked, the nurse looked up and sighed "im afraid hes been asleep for a long time, hes very ill..its best he doesnt have visitors, shall i give him a message when he wakes up.?"
She blinks "uh...yes, tell him Lee's doing fine and I hope he'll be up to see us soon" she smiles as the nurse writes it down "thank you.." then she turns and walks slowly out into the late evening sunshine "..gai.." she worries "there must be something i can do to ease this illness....but what?"
Lee smiles and plopped into a chair beside his sensei's bed "when are you gonna be outta here sensei? i wanna finish training!" haruka smiled at the young ninjas eager vocie. But gai sighed "it wont be for a while lee...." he broke off, wincing at a pain in his chest, "so im afraid you may have to wait a few days..".
Seeing lee's dissapointed face, haruka piped up "uh, sir, mr. sensei sir, i could training him if you wish!" Gai looked up "theres no need to call me sensei, the names Gai Maito" she smiled, finally hearing the mans name. "And if its really no bother to you, could you please train lee?" she nodded "Id be more than glad to!" lee jumped up and down, looking alot like his sensei.
"yahoo! im gonna be trained by sensei's rescuer.." both gai and haruka, after excanging looks of "how sweet", smiled happily at each other. Lee spotted this, and blinked curiously "hm..".
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"aww....c'mon, im starving, when're we gonna be done training?" whined naruto. His, sakura's and sasuke's sensei, Hatake Kakashi sighed "not yet naruto you must learn to-" but his words were cut off by what sounded like high pitched laughter coming from the lakeside.
"what the?" kakashi set of a run towards it, followed by naruto and sakura, sasuke merely shrugged and sat down on a tree stump.
Pushing thru the trees near the lakes edge the 3 gaped at what they saw. It was Lee doing his training, like he usually did, but his sensei wasn't with him, instead it was the black haired teacher assistant.
"eh?" Kakashi strode over to them both, Haruka smiled "hello, can i help you?" while lee raced over to sakura and naruto with a grin. Kakashi raised one eyebrow at the cheerful girl "yes, where is Gai-sensei?" she winced "ah, he's in the hospital.." kakashi blinked "hospital? what on earth for?" she sighed "he was training with lee and almost drowned in the lake when he got knocked in, hes pretty ill so theyre keeping him in for a few days, i agreed to teach lee until he was finished.." kakashi nodded slowly "ah i see...well i hope gai-sensei will be well soon, please tell him Kakashi said hello" she nodded.
And with that he turned to go, thinking "shes a strange one..ive never known gai to entrust a student so easily....must be something special about her" he called to sakura and naruto "come. lets get back!" they grumbled.but said goodbye to lee who waved goodbye then ran back to haruko with a smile. She grinned "right, lets rock!"
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What haruka had said was the truth, Gai wasn't doing that well. Lack of sleep days before his accident meant he wasnt able to cope very well with the shock and sickness the cold water plunge had brought on. Haruka worried about him as she and lee walked back from the lake. Lee noticed her worried face and asked "whats wrong rescue-sensei?" which was a nickname hed given her.
She sighed "nothing lee, im OK!" she smiled sweetly and he grinned back, "ill see you tomorrow rescue-sensei!" he called as he ducked into his house. She waved happily then carried on walking across town to her own.
Partway there she stopped...seeing the hospital a few metres away. She took a deep breath to calm her nerves then walked in.
"May i see Gai Maito?" she asked, the nurse looked up and sighed "im afraid hes been asleep for a long time, hes very ill..its best he doesnt have visitors, shall i give him a message when he wakes up.?"
She blinks "uh...yes, tell him Lee's doing fine and I hope he'll be up to see us soon" she smiles as the nurse writes it down "thank you.." then she turns and walks slowly out into the late evening sunshine "..gai.." she worries "there must be something i can do to ease this illness....but what?"