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Chapter 12

Young Love

"Hatsuharu, how am I supposed to ever learn if all you do is avoid and not let me learn a single thing?" Asuka scolded her partner.

He shrugged his shoulder and gave her a warm smile before dodging her Kunai Claw heading straight for him, the altered Kunai dug into the ground and Asuka just looked angry and confused in the tree she was perched in.

"Any suggestions?" she gestured to him.

He nodded his head and looked at her with confidence, then used a jutsu to create a clone.

"Of course!" the little light bulb in her head flickered. "If I use a shadow clone like Kakashi sensei taught me, I'll be able to make a diversion and make an attack without the opponent ever knowing! Thank you Hatsuharu." She gave him a thumbs up and smiled before creating the hand symbols needed for the jutsu.

She created two other forms of herself, letting them cross run right in front of her as she hid in the trees, letting her shadow clones distract Hatsuharu.

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I wonder where Asuka and Hatsuharu went…Lee thought. They weren't at their apartment, and I didn't find them in the training grounds, I thought we were going to train today too! He put his hands behind his head and sighed, it was a beautiful day for a walk, the cool breeze still blew; but the sky was clear and the sun felt warm as it settled onto his face.

There was clinking sounds, like two pieces of metal clashing together in the distance. Lee heard this and went into the trees immediately going after the sound in stealth. He hid well, he always was able to hide well most of the time, and then again it's still hard for him to control his chakra to substantial level that was able to be undetected. He still kept his distance as he heard the voices up ahead.

Is that Asuka? I wonder…

He goes closer to the voices to see a dark purple haired girl fighting a giant gray wolf.

Yah, that's her, but what is she doing?

She threw her Kunai Claw at Hatsuharu while he was being distracted by her shadow clones; the claw landed into the ground, right next to the wolf's head.

"Ha!" she shouted with glee. "You would have been dead if I didn't aim for the ground." she smiled proudly for a moment, only to be knocked off the tree by Hatsuharu tackling her from behind.

The wolf her shadow clones were distracting turned to a puff of smoke, so did her shadow clones. She glared at her partner, angry her plan didn't work.

"I should have figured you did something like that." She sat up and scratched the back of her head in embarrassment as Hatsuharu landed next to her, helping her up before continuing their training.

Ah, so she's training without me! Lee looked away and scowled like a child angry at their mother for taking away a toy. He sighed, looking back at them. Makes sense though, she doesn't want anyone to know she's trying to get better with her artificial weapon, she is always able to make surprises the best kind. He smiled, about to leave.

"How did Lee's Birthday go? Um…"

Lee stopped, wondering if he should stay to hear, or leave.

LEAVE! It is very disrespectful to eaves drop on a conversation, especially on a teammate!

He scratched the back of his head, still wondering whether to stay or not.

"You mean after we left right?"

His face turned red from embarrassment, he didn't want to stay and spy on his friend, but yet he wanted to stay and hear what she thought.

I don't know…

"Well first off, the pain from my injury was getting to me pretty badly…"

Lee sat back down, wanting to hear her part of the story instead of playing the memory of his birthday over and over in his head, wondering how he could have made it better for himself and her.

"But I put up with it because it was for him you know? He's sweet; therefore he deserves a good night out right?" Hatsuharu nodded in agreement, letting her continue. "Well, I put my headband around his eyes again so then he couldn't see how much pain I was in."

Lee was disappointed in himself. I knew I should have removed it when I had the chance!

Asuka and Hatsuharu still sparred, trying to get better with her Kunai Claws. She jumped back to a tree that was only meters away from Lee. His whole body shook from fright.

If she finds me here what would she say!? I hope she doesn't find me! Please don't find me! Please don't find me! Please don't find me…before he knew it, she jumped from her place and headed to the wolf; he dodged her attack and nearly bit her.

She dodged and countered with an upper cut straight to his jaw.

"You know that place I go to for some peace and quiet when I want to draw?" Hatsuharu nodded his head, "Well I took him there, but by the time I got there, my chest was killing me, my back couldn't take it anymore and I nearly shoved Lee to the ground and I removed my headband from him and lay down beside him."

No wonder she felt a bit wobbly… I should have said something. He stroked his chin, as if he had a beard but didn't as he continued to eaves drop on his teammate.

Hatsuharu charged at her with fire in his mouth, ready to bite her, but she leaped with grace and landed softly on tree a few meters away from her partner and wrapped her Kunai Claw around his torso. The wolf grabbed the chain and yanked on it, making Asuka fall; as she hit the ground with a giant thud, her body turned into a little wooden log. She appeared behind him and started doing chain attack punches that landed a few times on him before he finally hopped back.

"Then Lee started acting out of character, I shivered from the cold and pain striking through my body, and then Lee snuggles with me, keeping me really warm." A light blush spread across her face as she remembered that night.

Lee blushed too remembering that night. What was I thinking? I don't normally do that…do I? No, no I most certainly do not, what came over me that night I wonder…

"Then he's the one who made ME blush first." Hatsuharu cocked his head to the side in confusion. "I know right!? I usually make him blush first, but then again, I'm the one who flirts with him first, he was being really cute."

Aww, she called me cute! Lee put a hand over his mouth to prevent him from actually saying his thoughts out loud.

"Then he said I could never hide my blushing face from him, saying I'm too 'adorable' to hide it." she played with the dirt with her feet as she messed with her fingers, trying to hide her blush. "Then I started tickling him and he pinned me down, but unfortunately…"

Oh no, I did something wrong, I knew it! He clenched his fists, desperate to hear what she has to say.

"He sat on me, which put pressure on my back and I just couldn't hold in the pain anymore." She looked down with disappointment, watching the smiley face she made in the ground with her foot.

Lee face palmed. The one time I do that and I forget that she's injured, great… I'll never let this mistake live down.

"But he made up for it by carrying me, so I forgive him." She smiled and scratched the back of her head.

Lee let out his held in breath, happy to know she forgives him.

Asuka and Hatsuharu sat on the ground, more interested to talk about what happened a month or so ago.

"Then he asked about our… 'relationship' I've been giving him mixed signs apparently, but I sort it out, saying we're too young for love." She lay down on the grass, staring up at the clear sky.

Hatsuharu nudged her, muffling a bark.

"What do I feel of him? Well…"

If you have any self respect as a shinobi and a friend, run away right now! Lee's body didn't move an inch. This is wrong! So, so, SO wrong, MOVE LEGS!

"He's cute, funny…"

Lee was in a crouched position, ready to pounce and get out of there, but his legs just wouldn't let him. MOVE LEGS! MOVE PLEASE!

"He seems to always brighten my day whenever I'm around him…"

THAT IS IT! Lee grasped his index finger, readying himself for the pain he was about to cause to himself.

Snap!

He index finger was now bent backwards, he snapped back into reality and ran away, not leaving a trail of any sorts as he got out more bandages to wrap his now broken finger. He sighed with relief. Finally got out of there, if this were a battle I would be dead. He looked down at his broken finger. Did I really just break my finger just to get out of eaves dropping? He shook his head and scratched the back of his head.

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"Another cup of green tea please."

The waiter scratched down his order, "It'll be right out." He walked away, leaving Lee at his two seated table.

His head rested in his hand that was propped by the table as he looked at his leaf village headband he wore around his waist. It rested on his hips as he tilted the headband to face him. He looked away, trying to forget everything he heard from Asuka when he eaves dropped.

The waiter set the cup in front of him. "Here you are sir."

Lee bowed his head slightly before his waiter left him again. He played with his tea with a toothpick, feeling more down than parched.

The bell on the door to the tea shop rang as somebody else walked in. Lee ignored whoever it was and continued to stare down at his tea as he played with it, making little swirls in it.

"Lee, do I need to tell you not to play with your drinks?"

Lee looked up to match the gaze given by his sensei before he sat down across from him. "Guy sensei? What are you doing here?"

"Well Lee, to be honest I come here every now and then whenever I want to think clearly, but when I found you here, it seemed that we both come her for the same purpose." Guy said as he ordered the waiter to bring him a jasmine tea.

"Well Guy sensei…" he stared down at his tea again, not knowing whether he should tell him or not.

Guy arched a thick eyebrow. "What is it Lee?"

The genin sighed before looking back at his sensei, "I eaves dropped on Asuka while she trained with Hatsuharu." He looked back at his tea, preparing for his future punishment.

"Lee! How could you!" he scolded his student, deeply disapproved of this. "She's a teammate, haven't I taught you better?"

Lee nodded his head. "Yes Guy sensei, you have. I just… I don't know what came over me, I really don't. My legs wouldn't move until I broke my finger." He showed his sensei his broken index finger.

Guy arched his eyebrow again, giving him a confused look again. Then he relaxed, softening his eyes. "You should go apologize."

Lee shot his head up, looking at his sensei again. "What?"

"Go apologize to her, she's a very forgiving person Lee, for as long as I've trained and known her, she will forgive you easily." He gave him a thumbs up and a reassuring smile.

"But… I heard her talking about what she likes about me… well, only part of it."

Guy's eyes shot wide, dropping his empty tea cup to the table while slightly twitching. He shook it off and looked dead serious at Lee. "Don't say a single word to her Lee."

"W-what?! You just said-"

"I know what I said! But just trust me on this Lee, don't mention you heard her say what she likes about you. A matter of fact, forget what she EVER said about you, understood?" the waiter filled both of their tea cups as Guy finished.

Lee saluted. "Yes sensei!"

"Good, now as punishment, go do one-thousand laps around Konoha on your hands!" Guy ordered him as Lee paid for his tea.

"Yes sensei!" he dashed out of the tea house, leaving Guy to pay for the rest of his tea.

Ah, young love… it's so evil. Guy cringed at his memories of 'young love' before leaving as well. I just hope Lee can survive it.

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"Kakashi sensei! I need more training please, if you have the time of course…"

The Jounin closed his book and looked at the little Genin. "Ah, Asuka, more training? You know I have my own future team to prepare for right?"

"Yes, but please, I just need to learn how to use my Kunai Claws better." She held out her weapon for Kakashi to see.

"The weapon I helped you make?" he sighed and closed his book before leading her. "Fine, I don't really have anything else to do, so why not?"

"Thank you Kakashi sensei!" she followed behind him to the training grounds.

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