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QY- :wince: Sorry guys, school smacked me in the face, died, then revived with extra power. I actually got a break around last week, but then non-school stuff wrestled me into the ground. Plot bunnies. Multiple, disturbing, annoying plot bunnies. But thank god, as soon as I decided what to write about, they ran away. So I'm back here, but I have to break up the three days to be able to post this so you guys know that I'm still alive and I'm still working on this. If everything goes well, the rest of this should come by the end of the weekend. Apologies, but never worry, this will be finished someday!
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Delicious Revenge --- Chapter VIII --- QianYun (formerly The La/-/er, with an equal sign, mind you)
New... Helpers
"GYAAAAAAHHH!"
A piercing scream ripped though the air, shattering the eardrums of those within miles around the origin of the scream. Blood started to pour all around, streets started running red, more screams filled the air, causing an effect unlike any other...
Er... oops, wrong story, let's start again.
Ahem.
Lee walked swiftly through the streets of Konohagakure, searching for Naruto. He had seen him the day before and became worried at the sight Naruto presented. (1) He had a large suspicion that it might've had something to do with the flying rumors, but he had no way to confirm it.
Except he already had a plan to solve the problem should it really be what he thought it was. And if it wasn't... well, it just had to be. Even if it wasn't, Lee was completely sure that it would help Naruto and possibly Sasuke. Really, their interaction with each other made him so sad sometimes. It was heartbreaking to see the two of them dance around each other, neither making a move, both of them confused...
Lee let out a sigh before straightening his posture and loudly declaring to no one, "No worries, youth will prevail and I'll be there to help them along the way! I will protect them from society! They will be free to show their love!"
Happy that he reached this conclusion, Lee continued walking in peace, seeming to have forgotten that his original thoughts weren't leading in this direction.
Weird... for a moment, Lee was thinking about getting them together. But weren't they already?
An uneasy feeling fell over Lee as he walked thought the town. Something was bothering him and he didn't know what it was. For a few moments more, he walked quietly (unnaturally quietly) down the streets, head turning every which way to figure out what was going through his mind.
By chance, he turned his head left and spotted something that struck a memory from the depths of his mind. A scene that he saw not long ago... followed by another memory, this one created only the day before.
With an excited, "Of course, Lee eagerly sprinted towards the area he was in the day before. Looking around, he spotted no one and quietly spoke to himself. As he spoke, he continued to walk.
"I can't believe I actually forgot about yesterday. Sasuke and Naruto really are quite devious, I should've expected something like this from them. But... they still do not know the truth. I can see the true love that runs deep through their veins, the passion that rules their souls that has yet to be released. The yearning that they have for each other burning in their eyes!"
Speaking of burning eyes, Lee seemed to be on the path of having them. While he spoke to himself, he slowly but surely walked towards the Uchiha's house, along the very same path that he had walked the day before. Still floating in the recovered memory, he barely noticed when he arrived at the house, glancing up in confusion when something blocked his way.
He frowned at the tree, but moments later, patted the trunk and changed his course.
That brief interlude caused him to lose his train of thought yet again. But this time, when he picked it back up, he remembered something else. A meeting he had with another brilliant person like himself. The other had seen the same truth as he had and after some (a lot) of pleading and inspiring speeches, in a huff of annoyance, he had agreed to help Lee. The other did not really want to interfere, but had no other way of shutting him up. Not that Lee knew this, he believed that the other was genuinely going to help him out of the goodness of their hearts.
It wouldn't be nice to shatter his somewhat naïve thoughts.
Lee suddenly glanced up, startled by the noise that came from the house in front of him. With much curiosity, he walked up to the house, peeking into one of the many windows. Coincidentally, he looked into the window that led to the kitchen, where Sasuke and Naruto were having a food fight. Lee smiled softly, glad that Sasuke and Naruto seemed to have solved their own problems.
But the smile soon fell away as he continued to watch. Although he knew that the participants could not see it, he saw their slightly tense bodies, even while they fell into the other's ministrations.
Soon, a frown appeared on his face, the dynamics of the relationship that he saw were completely wrong. This was not what he wanted to see from two of his closest friends. This would not do at all...
Suddenly, he was extraordinary glad that he had come up with a plan the day before. It seemed as if they really needed it.
Whipping out his secret weapon, and seeing Sasuke leave the kitchen, he took the opportunity given to him and walked the several feet that allowed him to stand at the front door. He did not bother to knock, simply opened the door that Sasuke would've sworn that he locked and walked in.
He paused at the end of the hallway, stiffening his lips and causing a crease to appear on his forehead.
Lee watched as Naruto stared at what seemed to be the bathroom door - if the noises coming from it was any indication - and spoke.
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"Young love seems to fluctuate at an alarming rate these past years. Ah... youth."
A voice floated (no, not literally) over to Naruto's ears, causing him to swiftly turn around to stare at the speaker. To his utter surprise and shock, the words had come from the one and only Rock Lee.
Restraining the ever present urge to yell 'Geyji-Mayu' at the green-spandex wearing boy, he bit his lip in contemplation before speaking.
"Lee! What a surprise! ...how long have you been there?"
A despondent sigh escaped the black haired boy, "Long enough to realize something very sad."
There was a moment of panic in Naruto's mind before he nervously said, "Really? And what would that be?" He raised his arm to brush the back of his head, thinking all the while that, really, he wasn't really sure what he wanted Lee to say.
There was a moment of silence as Lee dramatically paused.
Then a longer moment of silence.
And it stretched.
And stretched.
And stretched.
Naruto had, by this time, lowered his arm and began to twitch in annoyance. Any moment now, he was ready to burst out and shake his finger at Lee while yelling at him an admonishing tone.
Well, at least, he was ready.
And then he wasn't.
Because he was stricken speechless.
Utterly speechless.
Why?
Because if his senses were operating at it's best right now, and if he wasn't mistaken...
He was pretty sure Sasuke had just draped himself all over his back with nothing but a towel on.
And we mean, nothing but a towel on.
Naruto was kept from jumping out from under his arm and screaming Bloody Mary as Lee finally decided to speak his mind.
In a total surprising bout of wisdom, he said, "I'm sure you want to keep your arms wrapped around Naruto all day long, but he doesn't seem to be very comfortable in your embrace. Perhaps you're moving a bit too fast?"
Days later, Sasuke would wonder about this statement, particularly coming from Lee, but for now, all he replied was, "He's my boyfriend, why would I be moving too fast?" He ended with a slight - very slight, since we all know it's not true - smirk and that smug look that was purely him graced his features.
Tittering in a way that reminded Naruto - very scarily, we might add - of gossiping housewives - no offense to any housewives out there - Lee spoke with an amused tone that was quite unlike anything Sasuke and Naruto had ever heard from him before.
"Really guys, do you think that I'm that naïve. Just because Gai-sensei may seem to be dense and stupid, as I do, it doesn't mean we actually are. We see more things than you guys think." A sly smile crept across his face, destroying the image of Lee that the two had held for so long.
Could it be that they were wrong? Could they have missed something so important? Just because of the way Gai and Lee had acted, the façade they wore?
The horror!
What were all those years of training to be a shinobi for if they could not detect something as simple as this?
Naruto and Sasuke, the dedicated shinobi that they were, were ready to start training even harder than before, not only in their fighting skills, but also on their skills as an infiltrator and more.
But before they were able to sprint away, totally ignoring the reason why they were doing so in the first place, Lee stopped them with a simple laugh.
A simple laugh, yes, but one that said so much.
Oh, so much.
Being the great shinobi that they were - who just needed to brush up on their remaining skills just a bit more, allowing this authoress even more plot devices - they were able to detect the slight inflection in Lee's laugh.
And although they were stronger, they weren't faster than Lee, and they most definitely were not older. It's only a year, but who's counting?
So they got a little scared. No one could blame them, the laugh that came from Lee, not only was devious in its own right, but it seemed to be made even more potent by the inane fact that it was Lee.
Of all the people to strike fear in the two overall strongest shinobi of the village at the moment, no one ever expected it to be Lee.
And no one would ever know, for the reason for Lee's laugh became apparent enough and soon, their thoughts were replaced by that of shock.
For Lee held a simple, yet devastating object.
A lot of things seem to be simple today, no?
But as they always say - ignoring that they seem to be rather mysterious and with a missing identity - it is the simple things in life that are the most wonderful.
Or in this case, the most evil.
It was a small object, weighing a little under 5 grams, if dropped, it would still accelerate 9.8 meters per second squared because mass doesn't matter in freefall, but the gravitational pull between the object and the Earth was small, even smaller than it would be with a human, even smaller than it would be with an dog, even smaller than that squirrel looking directly at us on that tree over there...
Run for your life! It's a squirrel!
Ahem...
Getting to the point, the object that Lee held was simple (and clean). It was simply, a key.
A key! A key! We hear laughter echoing within the premises, but you do not realize. It is not a ordinary key by any means.
No, it is not.
(Although you must realize the only way this key exists is within the realm of humor fictions, so try not to take this too seriously. At least, not until we manage to find a key like this...)
This key was not ordinary by any means.
While it had some similarities to that which we call a "skeleton key" in that it can lock and unlock just about every lock there is, it is special in a way that it can only be special in this world.
It was keyed to a person's chakra and was operated not by fitting it through a key hole - oh no, that would be much too common.
It was operated through simple will.
Although, the person using this key must have a very strong will and an even stronger desire to use it.
All of which Lee appeared to have.
Now, one must wonder as Sasuke and Naruto was wondering, where had he gotten such a key? And why does it even exist in the first place?
Well, that is a story to be told in an omake at the end of this chapter to make up for the shortness, so stay tuned.
Meanwhile, Lee started to look contemplative and looked over to the conveniently placed clock on the wall next to him.
Even though Sasuke and Naruto were still in shock - first by the fact that that key was there and second by the fact that the knowledge of the key popped up like a mole at the Whack-A-Mole game - they still noticed when Lee muttered ever so softly, "I think he should be getting here around now..."
Panic shuddered through their system as...
Alright, this story is getting ridiculous, let's backtrack just a slight bit.
When Lee muttered his words ever so softly, Sasuke's ears had barely caught on as he had just realized that he was still all over Naruto.
All over Naruto.
Wanting to take advantage of the opportunity, but not of Naruto, he slowly trailed his arm down to brush his hand every so often against Naruto. For a few moments, he was distracted by the slight touches, but Naruto merely brushed them off, too intent on narrowing his eyes at the taller boy across from him.
As such, he was rather startled when Sasuke ducked his head slightly to touch his lips gently against Naruto's neck.
It was a soft, teasing brush that tickled and soothed at the same time, resulting to Naruto simply relaxing against Sasuke's loose embrace.
He never realized what it was exactly that he was doing, for the majority of his thoughts laid not on Sasuke's proximity - although we all know which part is - but rather at the sight of Lee anxiously, more in anticipation than nervousness though, glancing between the clock and the front door at the beginning of the hall which he stood at.
For a few beats of time, this remained the setting, Sasuke luxuriously trailing his lips across the smooth, tanned area of Naruto's neck, Naruto being severely distracted between two people and Lee glancing between the clock and the door continuously, also sneaking a glance towards Sasuke and what he was doing every so often.
Finally, Sasuke seemed to have grown impatient and wrapped his arms around Naruto, pulling him up against his body roughly, causing Naruto's neck to snap back and more skin to be revealed.
Growling slightly - and totally ignoring Lee- he began ravishing Naruto's neck.
Eyes popped open as a tongue dragged itself down his neck and Sasuke ignored Naruto's whimper in order to concentrate on the taste that was enveloping his senses.
Naruto, so uniquely Naruto.
Speaking of Naruto, it seems that his eyes just rolled to the back of his head.
No... wait, he seems to be moaning as well...
Let us move in closer.
And closer...
And closer...
And clo--
Whoa! Cover your eyes, cover your eyes, we did not see that. PG-13, people, PG-13! Let's keep it that way. Even if we are pushing the limits.
Ignoring what we just did not see, a knock came at the door and Lee hissed an excited, quiet, "Yes!"
Sasuke and Naruto never knew what was coming for them as they were still quite caught up in... whatever they were doing.
We believe that Sasuke was trying to seduce Naruto and it appears that it didn't take too much since Naruto was putty in Sasuke's hands just from necking. Imagine what would happen if they had sex...
But we're not going down that road just yet.
Returning to the doom of Sasuke and Naruto...
Lee walked over to the door to greet whoever stood on the other side. It seemed that this was the person he was expecting as he gave a excited cry when he saw the other person's face.
Then came the moment of truth, they spoke.
And it turned out to be...
Shikamaru!
This was who Lee was excited to see?
How the hell do they even know each other?
And why did Shikamaru just say, "Is everything going according to plan? Because I just dragged myself away from a perfectly nice spot just because you told me to."
To which Lee replied with a, "Of course, of course! You know I wouldn't lie to you! I said I would get it done by now, and I did. They can't leave anymore!"
There was a quiet 'idiot' murmured, a 'huh?' response and a thundering atmosphere.
A moment of anticipation...
"What. Did. You. Just. Say?"
In perfect synchronization, Naruto and Sasuke spoke.
However, while Sasuke was attempting to keep his towel from slipping off his slim, pale, creamy hip and down past his interestingly smooth, long, sturdy, muscled legs...
Ahem, yes, Naruto was waving his arms around like a maniac, proving once again that though he had matured, it didn't show most of the time.
Lee turned back at them with a gleaming smile and a thumbs-up sign.
"Not to worry guys, as soon as you have sex, we'll leave you alone!"
Jaws dropped and Shikamaru anticipated heads rolling.
To Be Continued...
(1) In case some of you don't remember, in chapter 7, when Naruto went off to think about Sasuke's proposition, someone was watching him with worried eyes. This is what Lee is referring to, he was the one who saw him.
QY- Here's the promised omake.
Where artfore thou, Romeo?
The story starts out simple enough. It was a bright, clear, sunny summer day.
One with plenty of chirping birds, plotting squirrels and trees that rewound and fast foward. (For more information on the trees, refer to Into the Tree and Down We Go)
A beautiful day, it was.
Yes, it was.
And in this day, we start with the story of a small boy, a boy who was not unlike any other and who was not normal by any means.
And no, we're not talking about who you think we're talking about.
At all.
And you know why we know?
Because this is the first time we've mentioned him, so ha!
So this boy has the same family name as our dear Sasuke-kun.
Uchiha.
And we bet you all just figured out who we are talking about.
Yup, that's right, we're talking about Obito.
Okay, that was sort of a bad joke.
No, the Uchiha we speak of today is Uchiha Itachi. The very Uchiha that ends up killing everyone in his family except for Sasuke.
Some believe because Sasuke's was his brother, other's believe in Uchihacest, yet others believe it was the good of his heart, and yet others believe he's just sadistic that way.
But today, we speak not of the time of the massacre, no, we return to a much simpler time, a time when Sasuke did not exist yet, that poor bastard...
It was a time when Itachi was... no, not innocent, but definitely more so than his, what, was it, his 13 year old self?
Anyway, let's return to the story.
The story of the key.
The key did not exist for a long time. That's right, it's not one of those artifacts that got passed down generation to generation before it finally got stolen and then passed down through another family generation by generation.
No, this key was created in this very generation, in this very year, this very month, and this very day.
And if you read the title, you will be very curious as to know what was the reason for this creation.
As we all know, Itachi was a child genius. Some could say he still is since he's like, what, only seventeen now?
The point is, he was smart, he was cute and even at five years old, he had little girls running after him. And some of them were... not so little.
It was one of those not so little girls that caused the creation of the key that Lee held to this day... well, sort of.
For you see, it happened on this calm afternoon day. Smart, chibi, cute Itachi-chan was playing by himself out in the backyard.
Did we mention he was playing with kunai and shuriken?
Well, now you know.
So Itachi-chan was all alone, happily playing with his highly dangerous and extremely sharp weapons.
This did not deter the not-so little girl for she bounded over to Itachi with a happy smile on her face and an extra-large bento in her hands.
And no, don't be stupid, the ground did not shake as she walked over.
She just created a little wind, was all.
So she walked over to Itachi and offered him to share her lunch.
To make a long story short for this authoress has to go to sleep to wake up early to study for her 4-chapter AP Macroeconomics test, Itachi politely refused.
Then not so politely refused by shoving the kunai in front of her face.
The girl had a slightly hurt look, but not one to let anything deter her, she shook her head and thrust the bento into his face.
Completely startled by this, he tumbled right over his own feet and fell to the ground on his behind.
Still only a five year old, there was a moment where he looked as if he would cry,
But no, he just merely ran away.
And run away he did. He spent half the day running throughout Konohagakure. Not once did he manage to lose her.
Finally, he got tired - he was five, man, five! - and slowed down.
Only to get pounced on.
Whimpering a little because five-year old bodies were not supposed to be crushed by twelve-year old bodies (and yes, that is what we meant by not-so little girl), he attempted to shove her off, but did not succeed.
He gave another push, got her to roll off slightly, and quickly ran towards the conveniently placed abandoned building several feet to the left of him.
Running in, he closed the door, only to see it fall of the hinges.
He was ready to cry, but with his grand shinobi abilities, pushed down the urge and instead took out a key from his pocket and poured all his sadness into it.
In doing so, he also inserted some of his awesome chakra and thus, when the not-so little girl ran over to the door, she was quite unable to cross the threshold.
In his joy, Itachi jumped up and let go of the key, and immediately, the girl stumbled into the abandoned building. She cried out in glee, Itachi fell again and it just so happened that he hand landed right on top of the key.
And she was pushed out.
Itachi found this rather amusing so he did this several times, watching the scene play over and over and over again.
Until finally, the girl stormed away in fury.
Not never to be seen again.
Oh no... he saw her plenty.
But this is neither the time nor place.
It was in this way that Itachi created the key.
And it was at this time that a legend was created.
The legend of the key.
It probably helped that Itachi decided to mass produce them and sell it to the highest bidder.
Although it seemed that no one really wanted to trust the little guy so the only one who bought one was Maito Gai.
The legend of the key continued to grow, however, the stories of its powers spreading from ear to ear.
And until this day, no one had ever been able to tell a new story related to the key.
Not until Gai passed it down to Lee.
Not until Lee saw what was happening with Naruto and Sasuke.
Not until he decided to help them...
Owari
Written: You want the truth? You can't handle the truth! ...Yeah, this was written all in one day, not in several as I led you to believe... (12/16/04 8:01 p.m. - 10:54 p.m.)
Edited: 1/27/05
Re-edited: 4/27/05