A/N: Yep yep, time to start part two of this fanfic. So far, its one of my better ideas, but I think that I planned out the dialogue and thoughts well enough, and I think they should stay in character. I hope so anyway…use whatever you want just give me some credit.

And as always, don't own it.

Thoughts

"dialogue"

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Hot-Blooded Dropout and a Cold Hearted Genius

"SAKURA-SAN!!SAKURA-SAN!!, you're ok!! I was so worried, and then - " -Lee

"Lee calm down! Why are you here??" - Sakura

"…and did you bring anything to eat? ..anything good??" - Choji

Almost instantly Sakura turned around. She quickly punched Choji on the head again.

Yep…just like Ino. Choji thought but didn't dare say another word out loud.

Lee just sweat dropped. He then found the proper words to put into action what he was thinking.

"Sakura-san, a lot of people are worried about you back in Konoha. I believe it would be in everyone's best interest to head back there now. Actually, (with a nice red blush) that is why I came out here, to safely escort you back to Konoha. I will protect you til I die Sakura-san." -Lee

Gai-sensei…I did that perfect!! I'm awesome!!

Lee followed that statement up with a nice guy pose and a big toothy grin…sparkling teeth and all.

He'll protect me til he dies. He said it again. Why? Why is he so persistant? And Why do I always need help? Why does no one think that I can protect myself? Why do they always have to protect me?

Somewhat embarrassed and too tired to fight back, Sakura looked to the ground, staring at her feet. Desperately fighting back tears, she was searching deep in herself. She was trying to think of something that she could say that would make Lee change his mind. She found nothing but decided to try anyway.

"Lee-san, arigatou. Thank you for caring so much, but I cannot go back, not yet, not until I bring Sasuke-kun home. Please understand." -Sakura

"Sakura-san, I do understand because, I feel the same way but I feel that way towards you." -Lee

A violent blush appeared on his face.

"I will bring your beloved Sasuke-kun back for you. If I cannot, I shall devote my life to bringing him back. That's a promise." - Lee

Nice guy pose teeth sparkle

Tears began to fill Sakura's eyes. She quickly thanked Lee and turned her attention back to Choji. Before Lee departed on his new "mission" (to bring Sasuke back), he shared the last two soldier pills that he had with Sakura and Choji.

Though it refilled Choji's vitality, he still had critical injuries. He needed to get back to the Konoha Hospital immediately. Well, not so much immediately, but sooner rather than later. Lee even offered him some of the medicine that he carried in his back pouch. He figured, if it was used to cure his wounds, than it could probably temporarily hold over Choji for the difficult trek back to the Leaf. Lee assumed that it worked, because after a short while of drinking the medicine, he noticed that Choji had a very big smile. He was talking gibberish mostly and slurring his words. Lee and Sakura assumed that it was mainly due to his lack of energy. Sakura was to head directly to Leaf with 3 breaks planned, and when she was in Leaf village, she would get someone else to help her with the much larger Choji and they were both to be checked out in the hospital.

Lee's part of the plan was to continue where Sakura had left off. It was a lot easier to find the group of people left because on a tree where Choji rested, there were definite arrows marking the direction the rest of the group had headed.

Finding Sakura had refilled Lee's energy. He was running towards the group with a new high, his energy completely returned.

He wasn't really sure whether or not he would encounter any traps set by the enemy or not. He was on full alert of course. He had traveled another mile when he saw an area that was obviously the site of a recent battle. He was going to avoid the area for fear of being drawn into the battle until he saw a crater that was about 10ft in diameter. He instantly knew who was responsible…

Neji

Lee continued on his present course, but slowed down to take in more clues that might alert him to Neji's location. He then noticed something sparkling on the forest floor. He investigated and discovered that it was a Konoha forehead protector. Neji's protector. He then noticed that a line was running across the forest floor. He wasn't really sure what material the line was made of, but he guessed that if he followed it, it would lead him to Neji. He was right. Once again Lee was almost to tears at the sight he saw. In the distance, he saw two people lying on the ground. He couldn't distinguish which figure was his beloved comrade. He was on the defense and rushed in to see what he could do. To his misfortune, one of the bodies was Neji. He was breathing, but with much difficulty. The other body was already dead. Lee wasted no time in trying to revive his teamate. He carefully picked up his body and took him to a nearby stream to treat his various injuries. He bandaged wounds, cleaned cuts and stratches, and even shared a little of his chakra with Neji. Neji was in critical condition. The whole time, Lee was panicking. He was an excellent shonobi however, and never once showed any signs of worry to his teamate for fear that his emotions would be transmitted to his partner and exasperate the situation. Lee was desperately trying to figure out some type of solution that would solve everyone's problems. If not solve them, at least slow them down enough for him to save his teamate and allow him to continue his other 'mission'. Tears filling his eyes in frustration and defeat, Lee remembers something that just might save Neji's life. He opened his pouch and is violently searched the contents.

Not able to search the insides fast enough, Lee violently emptied the contents of his pouch on the forest floor near him. Virtually, turning his pouch upside down and shaking it until even the smallest piece of lint fell out. He was looking for a scroll that would temporarily heal most of Neji's wounds. Unfortunately, he must have forgotten that one. He was in a hurry when he left the hospital so he didn't carefully and intelligently select all of the tools he needed. Luckily for him though, he did have one scroll that would possibly help tremendously in this situation. He picked up the scroll from the ground and unrolled it and spread it calmly on the ground. He then removed a kunai from his leg holster. He rolled back some of the bandages that he kept around his middle finger. He used one of the sides to cut his finger and let a little blood drip onto the paper. He rubbed his hands together to smear the blood around in his palms and he prayed intently.

Please, pleASE! PLEASE!! Let this work.

He molded a large amount of chakra while firmly placing both hands on the unrolled scroll.

SUMMONING NO JUTSU!!

A small cloud of smoke appeared and was quickly blown away by a forest breeze. When all the smoke cleared, a large turtle stood in its wake.

It worked!! I cant believe it worked!! Thank you Gai-sensei!!

It wasn't the same turtle that had caught Lee back in the Chuunin exam, but it was about the same size. It had a different attitude too. This turtle was more agreeable than the last.

Lee begged the turtle to take Neji back to the Konoha. He also explained that a girl with pink hair and a fa- big-boned guy were on their way back as well, and asked him if he could escort them back as well. This turtle agreed quickly but needed Lee to tie Neji's limp body to his shell. After all of this was done, the turtle obediently left, not wasting anytime.

Lee remained there for a while. He became very light headed, and laid on his back for fear of fainting. He used up a lot of chakra performing that summons. Lee didn't have any talent in genjutsu or ninjutsu. Because he spent most of his time focusing on taijutsu, he had enormous amounts of spirit chakra. Even though he had large amounts of chakra, he had no talent in either forming, molding, controlling, or releasing the right amount of chakra at the right times. The concepts of good chakra control were things taught in the academy. He was the hot-blooded dropout after all.

Almost losing conscientoiusness, Lee was certain that he was hallucinating. Laying on his back and staring in the clouds, he was almost certain that he saw three orbs flying high above the canopy lines.

Not knowing what type of bird the mysterious orbs were, he dismissed the thought and lost conscientiousness for a while.

When he came to about 20 minutes later, he climbed back into the trees and continued his mission.

A/N: yes yes, I know what youre thinking, LEE CANT USE SUMMONING NO JUTSU. I know he cant use it, but listen to my argument first. If you recall back in the Chuunin exam, the second test. Gather the heaven scroll and the earth scroll. If you opened the scrolls outside of the tower, it would summon a current chuunin who would kick your ass and leave you knocked out until the exam was over. I assumed that the summons didn't have anything to do with the scroll holder's personal abilities. I just decided that for purposes in telling the story here…Lee using some chakra and sacrificing some blood would be better….if you don't like it…well…don't read….DUH!!

Expect the final chapter soon…maybe 2 more…probably not tho