Yey. I'm back for round 5. I really don't like you guys right now :(. No reviews for ANY of the chapters put up so far? Where are all the crack lovers huh? Well, my friend, Kasei ordered this one, so I hope you enjoy it.
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The Lotus, Which Blooms Twice
The crackling sound of footsteps on gravel echoed throughout the seemingly empty village. It was night, and the village was quiet. The sound soon stopped, along with the feet that traveled the ground, and a smile graced the ebon-haired teens lips. Large, dark eyes looked to the slivery moonlight. Soon after, they slowly closed in a happy and determined curve. He was meeting up with Sakura, and although he had no idea why she wanted to meet him at this hour, he was sure it wasn't for a bad reason. He turned in the direction of the Ichiraku, where he was set to meet with her. Familiar pink hair, with the scent of vanilla and strawberries, swayed in the breeze as the Ichiraku curtains opened, revealing a very hopeful leaf nin.
"Sakura-Chan." Lee greeted affectionately, smile still decorating his lips, as he stepped inside.
"N-Naruto-Kun?" he stuttered a little and stopped short when he spotted the blonde with his deep brown eyes, as he sat down next to his pink-haired angel.
"Hai." Sakura answered for him, as Naruto nodded, slurping noodles hurriedly.
"Naruto-Baka here wanted to come along for the ramen." Sakura rolled her eyes playfully in the kyuubi vessels direction, and Naruto returned her expression with a glare, noodles hanging from his bottom lip. Lee stifled a giggle from the boys' expression, as he put his hand to his mouth.
"Naruto-Kun, it really isn't polite to eat like that…" Lee said with a mangled smile, close to bursting with a fit of laughing. Naruto smirked as he downed the rest of the noodles in his mouth.
"Hah. Like I care about what's polite." He pointed out as he ordered another bowl. Lee sort of nodded, and he found himself staring at the two occupants of team seven.
For some reason, he boiled with jealously, and another feeling for Naruto that he couldn't quite define; he hadn't felt so weird before. It couldn't have been love; he loved Sakura. So what was it?
Later, after they finished eating, they absent-mindedly strolled along the dirt path, Lee looking over at Sakura and Naruto, Naruto had his eyes to the stars, something bothering him clearly, and Sakura was in the middle, looking both ways every now and then with a visible sigh.
"Anyone else bored here?" Naruto asked, halting his steps. Lee and Sakura just turned around and looked at him, slightly surprised at Naruto's sudden change in behavior. Lee shook his head slowly, and Sakura nodded, with an unusual pace. Lee tilted his head as he looked at the pink haired girl, copping a confused expression. Naurto grinned cheesily as he breathed out the cold air of the night, and he turned torwards his house.
"Come on guys, follow me!!" he shouted happily as he bolted down the dirt path. Sakura was befuddled along with Lee, until they caught on to the fact that Naruto was running off.
"Wait, Naruto-Kun!!" Lee and Sakura shouted as they began to chase the blonde on the run. Naruto was laughing all the way to his apartment, and when he got to the door, he fumbled with the keys to get in. Before he knew it, Lee had whaled into Naruto, and Sakura fell over them soon after.
They sat there as a mangled heap on the cold dirt. Naruto was still laughing hysterically, and soon Sakura couldn't help but start laughing along with her teammate. Lee looked confused, sandwiched inbetween the two leaf nin. He was very confused, and he was being chafed by Naruto's knee.
"I'm...quite confused as to why we're sitting here laughing, at night, on Naruto's front door step, but could you get off of me, Sakura-Chan?" Lee asked hopefully, looking into the pink-haired girls mint eyes, the luminated against the moon.
"Oh! Yeah, sure!" she said with a small burst of laughter. She got off of Lee, and he seemed shocked and uncomfortable for a moment, a blush across his cheeks, but he dismissed it, as she dusted off her clothes.
Naruto stopped laughing, and playfully shoved Lee of of him, shocking the ebon-haired chuunin.
"Geh! Naruto-Kun!" he snapped as he hit the ground, blush frustrating his cheeks.
Naruto's eyes flared with mischief. "You've been around that serious Neji too much." he stated matter-of-factly.
Sakura seemed to nod in agreement, and Lee himself had agreed for different reason. "He's less serious than you two would care to believe..." he trailed of, an embarrassed blush raving his face, coloring it a nice shade of pinkish-red.
Naruto tilted his head obliviously, and Sakura soon understood. "Ah. I get it."
"Get what?" Naruto looked over at Sakura and Lee with big blue, questioning eyes.
Sakura easily dismissed it. "Nothing. Forget about it, Naruto." she stated.
Lee couldn't avoid his eyes so easily. 'Ooh. Neji told me about that look. It appears he's gone through it many times, while accompanying his other teammates...' he led himself to a conclusion silently, and he stood up, fixing his chuunin vest.
"C'mon guys." Naruto coughed a bit as he stood up and faced his door, scouring his orange pocket for a key.
Sakura tilted her head a little, "You didn't...lose your key, did you?" she asked, stilfling a laugh.
"No!" Naruto glared smally at his partner, and he pulled the key out of his pocket. He put the key inside of the door, and opened it, slowly, for some unknown reason, as if he expected something to leap at him.
Lee questioned that notion silently, but followed Sakura and Naruto inside.
Naruto immediatly kept the lights off, confusing the bushy browed leaf nin.
"Lee." Naruto commanded his attention.
Lee opened his eyes, being met with a pair of neon-ish blue ones. The blue eyes curved up in a smile in the dark, although Lee couldn't determine the kind of smile it was in that kind of dark.
Naruto grabbed Lee's hand, and directed him somewhere.
"Erm, where are we going?" Lee gulped, as his lips met with Naruto's.
"Don't worry about the small details." a small, higher voice replied, as his other hand was taken from his side.
Lee then soon realized why Sakura had called him, and why he was now in the dark room of Naruto's apartment. He wished he would have figured it sooner.
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Ha. Master craft. I win. Anyway. Yeah, I finally decided to update/make a couple of things. I'll update when more reviews come in.
Yes, I am still working on the ZabuHaku lemon. Quit asking already. GAWSH. Anyway, to all who made a request so far, culd you re-submit it? I had a bunch of them, and I lost the notebook I had the list in, so it would be great if you could, you know, re-send them. Thanks. Oh yeah, if your are a anonymous reviewer, please leave some sort of contact information. Thanks.
-Mizu
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