Chapter Twenty-two: Getting Lee
"Too bad we actually have to find people instead of sending them off…" said Ino.
"Yeah…" agreed Sasuke, who enjoyed doing that as well.
"This is so much more work!" complained Ino.
Naruto nodded enthusiastically.
"How are we going to find anyone?" asked Tenten.
"Shut up, banana freak." said Naruto.
"It took us hours to just find Naruto!" complained Sasuke.
"And you guys just passed me after finding Neji." grumbled Ino.
"Well…We needed Sasuke…" said Tenten.
"Shut up, banana freak." said Neji.
"We had to save everyone in the pits first." said Naruto.
"Which is why we passed you." said Tenten.
"Shut up, banana freak." said Neji.
"Let's look for Lee first." said Ino.
"If we were Lee, where would we be…" said Tenten thoughtfully.
"Shut up, banana freak. We'd obviously be somewhere that involved Gai-sensei." said Neji.
"Or thick eyebrows." said Naruto.
"A store that only sold green jumpsuits." added Ino.
"With a barber that only knew how to cut hair in Gai-sensei's hair style." put in Sasuke.
"With a banana tree…" said Tenten.
"Shut up, banana freak. You're going much too far, Tenana." said Neji.
"Why Tenana?" whined Tenten.
"Banana and Tenten." said Naruto.
"At least bananas are healthy! They're better then ramen!" said Tenten, pointing at Naruto angrily.
"Shut up, banana freak." said Neji.
"Tomatoes are better than bananas." said Sasuke quietly.
"No." said Ino.
"Never." said Neji.
"Tomatoes are only good with ramen." said Naruto.
"Bananas are way cooler!" said Tenten.
"Just…shut up, banana freak." said Neji.
"Back to Lee…" said Tenten.
"Shut up, banana freak." said Neji.
"That's really annoying…" said Tenten.
"Shut up, banana freak…" said Neji.
"I'll bet Lee's in a room full of portraits of Gai-sensei and is admiring them at this very minute!" said Ino.
"Let's put money on that!" said Sasuke.
"Okay…now everyone think of a room like that." said Ino.
"Do we have to?" asked Naruto.
"You can stay here if you want." said Sasuke.
"Never mind!" said Naruto.
They teleported to the room, and found Lee there, looking at a particular portrait of Gai hugging a turtle.
"I win! Fork over the money!" said Ino.
Sasuke reluctantly handed over a particularly large sum of money.
"Huh? What are all of you doing here? Oh, look Gai-sensei, there's Naruto! My youth has found Naruto!" said Lee happily.
"Actually, Tenana found him." said Neji.
"Don't call me that!" said Tenten, frustrated.
"Do you prefer 'banana freak'?" asked Neji.
Tenten shut up after that comment.
"Why did everyone come here?" asked Lee.
"To find you." said Ino.
"But you could've chosen a different place, say maybe with life-size dolls of Gai-sensei or something." said Sasuke.
"You're just a sore loser." commented Ino.
"We're trying to find everyone because Gaara told us to." said Tenten, recapping everything.
"Thank you for clearing that up for me, Tenana! Now our youthful passion shall shine together!" said Lee, his eyes burning with the passionate youth.
"Passionate fool." said Neji.