((First off all, thank you for your reviews.

Secondly there will be no pairings that are a major part of the plot (maybe a slight shikamaru/temari one just because I am a sucker for that one, I might do a few others). I tend not to like romancing because it makes characters do stupid things. Plus it is near impossible to make it work and have your fic be anything other then an insult to literature.

Finally, since this takes place a little while after Gaara was supposed to rescue lee I suppose that I need to fill in the plot holes… uh…. It was… uh… Jiraiya! Yeah, Jiraiya saved Lee. I will explain the rest later))

Chapter 3

Gaara was set in his decision to go to Konoha and get killed by Lee. He was in no hurry (and he was making sure to avoid human contact as much as possible) so the journey took about 4 months (his little hiding place was on the far side of Hidden Sand village ((anyone know the Japanese for of that? Like hidden leaf is konoha. Yeah, help there would be appreciated)). When he got to konoha he spent some a few months thinking up a way to get Lee to kill him. At first he was set not to harm anyone, but after some time he knew that he had to endanger someone for his plan to work. He then spent a month stalking his 'victim' and planning out his idea to perfection.

8 Months from the time that the last chapter took place in

((don't you love my descriptive skills?))

Lee was walking home that evening rather pleased. He had gotten the day off from Gai because that day was the day that Naruto had come back from his training with Jiraiya. It was about 9 o'clock (his Gai-enforced curfew) when he entered his door. The first thing he did was throw off his jacket (he gained chuunin status the previous exam). He then went to undress and take a shower when he heard a scream next door. He flung his shirt back on and ran over next door. The sight he saw was eerily familiar, but from where he could not place.

The entire apartment was covered in sand, even the sand (a rather odd sight Lee thought to himself). He saw in the center a man with shaggy, shoulder-length red hair. The man was wearing a simple tan jumpsuit and had bear feet. Lee looked over to the wall and saw that his next-door neighbors were pinned against the wall with looks of increasing pain flashing across their faces. The man looked expressionlessly at Lee and said, "If you want them to live you have ten minutes to kill me or they will be crushed to death." Almost to emphasize his point, at that moment the littlest child of the family screamed and started to cry.

"I know not why you are doing this, but you will be defeated by my hard work!" shouted Lee. With that he dashed foreword and threw a punch at the person's mid-section, he stopped the feint-punch short and went into a spinning-heel kick. The kick was about five inches from the mysterious persons face when it met a barrier of sand. 'What?' thought Lee silently and then used the sand to shove off and send Lee flying towards the wall. He twisted in mid-air and shoved off against the wall, flying back at this attacker. He drew back his right arm and threw his hardest punch possible. The sand simply changed and flew up from the ground, hitting Lee in the stomach, sending him flying upwards. Lee hit the ceiling and broke through it. He went flying up 10 feet past the ceiling and then, on his way back down, put out both legs and landed gracefully on the left side of the roof.

"Nine minutes." Said the sand-person mysteriously. Lee frowned and disappeared from the roof. He reappeared at the door and charged towards Gaara, fist raised high. Before he even got to Gaara he went low and went into a sliding tackle. Again the sand blocked him, this time sending out a jet of sand, hitting Lee in the jaw. Lee went flying back and blasted out of the door. The hit was harder this time and Lee went flying al the way into the building across the street from him.

"What is this Lee?" came a voice from below. Lee looked down and saw Gai, obviously worried. Lee shouted back "Some person has taken my neighbors captive! I must save them!" Upon hearing the situation Gai jumped up to the apartment and saw the situation. He charged foreword only to be hit with a blow of sand. "Stay out of this; it is not your fight." Came from the person. Gai was a little confused until Lee came back up from the street. The person turned and said to him "Seven minutes left, soon their ribs will start to crack."

"Lee, obviously this person is here to fight you. Since he has gotten innocents involved I am allowing you to take off your weights." Said Gai imperiously. "But Gai, that goes against the rules, doesn't it?" asked Lee. Gai turned and explained, "These people have nothing to do with this fight. The only reason that they are trapped is because of you. It is your responsibility to save their lives and then apologize profusely to them for a year for putting them through this trouble." Lee suddenly understood and nodded to Gai. He then bent over to take off his leg weights. He un-strapped them and handed them to Gai. He then crouched into a stance almost like runners take before the start of a race and shot foreword. He threw a punch at Gaara's head and then 'disappeared'. He 're-appeared' right behind Gaara and then continued with his punch. He caught Gaara square in the back of the head, sending him flying. Gaara's sand caught Gaara right before he reached the door. By that time Lee had already gone to Gaara's side and threw another punch towards Gaara's head. This one connected as well, sending Gaara flying. Gaara knew that he couldn't live after a third blow to the head and closed his eyes, smiling and he awaited the final blow. Lee noticed this smile and decided to be extra careful this time. He went low and, when he was directly under Gaara, 'disappeared' and the 're-appeared' right above Gaara, with his foot raised to do a downwards heel-chop. Right as he was about to connect with Gaara He was blasted aside. At that same time Gaara felt a sharp sting in his neck and felt a rapid blood loss. 'I don't know how, but I am going to die from this. My jugular is punctured.'

End Chapter

((don't worry, Gaara isn't going to die. And if you didn't notice, Lee's 'disappearing is just him going really fast.

I should have another chapter out soon, so read and review please!))