Don't get mad with me, but I'm not doing a double upload. Why? Because nobody gave me an opinion or not on the last chapter if I should or not. Plus I'm having too much fun with the Ipad the school provided, sure I don't have any 'fun' apps on it. but I have written the plot to this story on that Ipad and well… there's some twists I hope you guys wont hate me for… maybe you like surprises instead! Lets just leave it at that.

Enjoy!

Chapter 8

Crashing points

Knock. Knock. Knock.

Lee was knocking on Asuka's door in the morning, more than eager to do their match today against a weapon he hasn't seen before. 'Kunai claws' she called it. Yesterday was a bit tense for Lee, he didn't know if he had to step in-between Asuka and Neji before the fight or not. He will admit though what Neji said to Asuka the other day was pretty offensive, "It's not like a girl could be much of a problem anyway." Lee respects any shinobi, whether the person be a male or female, short or tall, smart or dumb, fat or skinny, etc. He'll respect any opponent.

Hatsuharu answered the door as always. "Is Asuka awake yet?" Lee asked.

He shook his head no and let him in his house anyways. Lee nodded and entered. He's been in their house a couple of times, only when he had to take her home because of something he did or she was hurt from training again.

Hatsuharu led him to Asuka's room to she was still fast asleep wearing her cream colored tank top and blue short-shorts. Half of her body was under the sheets, and her leg was hanging off the bed. Yup! She was well rested.

"Do you want me to wake her up?" Lee asked.

Hatsuharu shrugged his shoulders as he did his final attempt to wake her up. Throwing her up against a wall. It worked about 75% of the time, if that didn't work, he'd give up for an hour and attempt later. Biting on her ankle, she groaned and turned around, but he held his grip on her and readied himself. Then he twisted his head, slinging her into… out the window.

Lee's jaw dropped to the ground and his eyes shot up wide. "THAT!? That's your solution?!" Lee questioned him.

Hatsuharu was just as shocked as Lee was. But he shook it off and jumped out of the four story window after her. Lee followed and saw a dent on a side of a building, and down on the ground, was Asuka, her body face down.

"H-Hatsuharu…" Asuka spoke, "I miss the good old days, to ware you'd just spit cold water in my face and I'd wake up." She groaned as rubbed her shoulder and sat up. "Yeah… those were the good days." She started to laugh the pain away. "Oh, hi Lee," she waved at him, trying to keep her eyes open, "it's a good morning don't yah think?" Hatsuharu got her on his back and jumped back up to the building, Lee followed again, but this time. Hatsuharu shoved him out of Asuka's room to get her ready for the day.

Lee sighed and left her house, deciding to go for a run before sparing with her today. For all he knew, she could be her random-fun self today, whom will make him blush by doing cute stuff to him.

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After his run, he saw Neji on a roof, just sight seeing it looked like, so he smiled and decided to join his teammate.

"Hello Neji!" Lee acknowledged before sitting down next to him.

Neji sighed, "Hi Lee."

"Hey, could I ask you a question?" Lee asked.

"It's not how my Byakugan works again is it?" he questioned annoyingly.

"No, I've got that in my notes." He smiled before continuing, knowing he wont smile back. "What exactly did you say to her before getting to the training grounds yesterday? It's very hard to make her mad, you must have said something to set her off."

Neji sighed more and slumped his shoulders, letting his eyelids half-way close. "I was merely sharing my opinion with her, and she got mad and refused to punch me at first it looked, then quickly change the conversation. When we got to the training grounds, I didn't mean to say that last part, actually, before we started sparing."

"The 'girl' thing?"

"Yeah, that part." He continued to look down and let his feet dangle off the edge.

"Why didn't you apologize?" Lee asked.

He shrugged his shoulders, "Because before I knew it, she was challenging me, and I didn't want to at the time."

"She is a teammate, ourteammate Neji!" Lee stated. "Therefore, we need to treat our teammates with the respect they deserve."

"So, it's not too late for an apology?" Neji asked.

Lee patted his shoulder, "It's never too late." He gave him a warm smile.

"Don't touch me." Lee took back his hand before Neji 'bit it off'.

Lee glazed the area and saw the only black and purple spot in it, it was Asuka with Hatsuharu behind her. "Hey! There's Asuka now, why don't you go say your apologies now?"

Neji saw her easily and grunted as he hopped off the building, a few feet away from her. She looked over at him for a split second, but broke the gaze by walking off to the training grounds.

"Asuka!" Neji called after her, "Wait, I want to talk to you."

She stiffened her shoulders as she turned around, never meeting his gaze. "Yes Neji?"

He took a deep breath, "I'm sorry for what I said yesterday, about a girl not being much of a problem. And I'm not apologizing for my opinions, I'm just saying sorry for making you mad." He kept staring at her with anticipation, pleading her to look back at him without saying it.

She relaxed her shoulders and smiled. She hugged him unexpectedly, he just raised his arms, showing he's not hugging back. "I forgive you Neji, sorry I snapped yesterday."

He relaxed too and gently-awkwardly hugged her back before letting go.

"So… were good?" Neji asked.

"Yeah, were good." She gave him her warm smile, "But, I do want you to be my rival."

He gave her a questioning look, "What?"

"Yeah, you know, egg each other on, make each other stronger without knowing it, that stuff." She replied.

"How do I 'egg you on" exactly?"

"Make me mad like you did yesterday, but don't mean it."

"Ok then…" he looked away, still confused why she asked that before walking with her to the training grounds with Lee behind them.

"Lee! Asuka!" Guy shouted, "Are you two ready to spar?"

They both nodded their heads. "Yes Guy sensei!" they both said.

"Good, you know what to do." Guy insisted.

They both go to the opposite sides of the field, facing each other from a long distance.

"On 'go' the battle will begin." He said.

Asuka readied herself, getting in her fighting position, ready to unfold her plan.

"Three!"

Hatsuharu smiled, showing his canine teeth aggressively.

"Two!"

Lee got in his fighting position, having one arm tucked by his side and the other out in front of him.

"One!"

"Good luck Lee." Asuka said.

"Same to you Asuka." Lee responded.

"Go!"

Within an instant, Lee had vanished from her eye sight and appeared right behind her. He kicked her in the shoulder to only find a puff of smoke and little wooden log had taken her place. Hatsuharu took the opportunity and bit his shin, throwing him across the field back to where he started.

Lee stuck the landing, only sliding a yard or two before stopping. He turned around to see Asuka finishing a hand signal. "Water style, hammer jutsu!" a wave of water from the puddles left yesterday smashed Lee in his rib cage area, sending him back a couple more yards back.

Lee just smirked, shrugging off the surprise. "Very impressive Asuka," Lee commented, "but how are you with no surprises!" he vanished again, appearing right in front of her. "Leaf whirlwind!" he did a fast, low sweep, knocking her off her feet for a split second before hitting her again. "Leaf hurricane!" he spun in the air towards her, kicking her back to a tree, leaving a little indention to it.

"Not bad Lee," she said as she whipped the blood from her lip, "but I'm not done yet." Hatsuharu came out of the ground and bit Lee in his torso area, making sure he cant escape, he vigorously shook his head. "Fling him Hatsuharu!" with her command, he threw Lee up in the air, she took out her kunai claws not to puncture, but to grab. She swung the chain around Lee's waist and started throwing him everywhere; crashing him into the trees and the ground. Before she could finish though, he got out of her chain grip and kicked her upwards, sending her high in the air, facing the sky.

Before she knew it, Lee was right behind her, wrapping his bandages around her. "Primary lotus!" he made them spin so fast, everything was just a mix of colors before she hit head first into the ground and Lee letting go of her, jumping back to avoid being hit by the debris.

She was groaning, her head was still spinning. "Don't I get hit in the head enough?" she sat up, holding and rubbing her tender head. "Good work Lee, you took me by surprise."

He walked over to her, offering her a hand. "You took me by many surprises yourself; I thought I should return the favor."

She laughed before taking his hand and helping her up. "So I cant do frontal assaults, I can only go by surprises it looks like." She looked away, scratching the back of her head.

"Don't worry Asuka," Guy supported, patting her back, "We'll help you get better." He smiled, making her feel better about herself.

"For the power of youth is within us all!" she shouted with her fists in the air, fire blazing in her eyes.

"Exactly!" Guy shouted, putting his fist in the air, followed by Lee, all of them having fire in their eyes.

Neji crossed his arms and looked away, "You are all ignorant fools."

Hey guys! What did you think? Asuka is the weakest in the group apparently… but she is great with surprises, and she walked away from a primary lotus like she just got bumped in the head? Dang… I'm loving her more and more each chapter.

Review please! And maybe I'll post more chapters if there are some reviews given, because they just give me so much inspiration! They really do :)

See you next week!

February 4, *C Rank*