-1Chp5: Its Payback Time!!

Kakashi, Neji, Gai, and Sasuke all were walking to the place were they said the villagers saw the Akatsuki. So far they didn't see any sign of the Akatsuki. They were all beginning to think that they had already left, and that they came to late.

"Alright everyone I don't see any sign of them here we might as well do a quick search and go back to the cave to check up on Sakura and, Lee." Kakashi said.

"That's disappointing." Sasuke said.

They quickly looked through the mountain searching for anything that said Akatsuki was here (not literally) they searched the entire mountain and no sign of the Akatsuki. They all started to give up when suddenly Sasuke and Kakashi saw Kisame and Itachi on top of the mountain looking at them

"Gai! Neji! Kisame, Itachi at 3o'clock!" Kakashi whispered. Gai looked in the direction Kakashi said.

"I see… got a plan?" Gai asked.

"Actually yes."

"What is it?"

"We attack them…"

"Are you serious I could have said that!?!" Gai exclaimed in a quite angry voice.

"Yes I'm serious! On my marc…… Now!"

They all poofed away to where they saw Itachi and Kisame.

"Hahahaha! You again?" the shark-like trader exclaimed in a disappointing way.

"I'll be sure to dispose of you this time! Last time we fought I wasn't Prepared but I am now!" Gai exclaimed.

Gai and, Neji attacked Kisame and, Sasuke and, Kakashi attacked Itachi!

Tenten:

"Hmmm… I wonder." Tenten said quietly, while reaching in her bag for a scroll, she picked a scroll and brought it out she started twirling it like a ribbon and focused her chakra into it. Suddenly a giant mound of weapons appeared out of the scroll and attacked the snow that trapped Lee and Sakura in the cave. Suddenly a burst of blue light covered the mountain and, flung the weapons right back at her. Tenten looked closely and tapped the snow with her index finger and felt a shock of chakra.

"Ow." she said quietly. "but that means! The cave in wasn't a natural cave in…! it was a set up! I have to tell the others!"

She clicked on her communicator "Oi! Gai, Neji, do you read?"

"What is it Tenten were in an important battle?!" Gai asked angered that his student interrupted him in the middle of his battle.

"I made an incredible discovery! You remember the snow that surrounded the cave?"

"Yes what about it?" Gai asked while sending a powerful kick in Kisame's general direction

"It wasn't a regular cave in it has chakra covering the cave!"

"So it WAS these Akatsuki guys!" Gai said while trying to be on the defense.

"That's what my guess is Gai Sensei!"

"Thank you Tenten for confirming that for me."

Gai ran up to Kisame who was still fighting Neji and punched him in the face!(me: OOOH! That looked painful!)

"THAT'S FOR LEE!" Gai yelled proudly.

Back In The Cave:

Sakura looked into the fire and had flashbacks of Lee

Flashback1 first half

"Who are you?" Dosu asked surprisingly.

"The Beautiful green beast of the hidden leaf village… ROCK LEE!" Lee explained with pride.

"W…why are you here?" Sakura asked surprised.

"I will… Always appear when you are in trouble." Rock Lee said as he put the squirrel down that was ridding on Lee's shoulder on to the ground.

"Well… Thank you, you saved me." Sakura said happily.

" I said it before."

"…Huh?"

"That I will protect you until I die…"Sakura looked at him with a surprised look on her face.

end of flashback1 first half

Flashback! second half

"Let's go out together!!! I'll protect you til I die!!"

End of flashback1 second half

(me: I honestly think it's amazing that Sakura had a Flashback in a Flash Back)

Flashback2

Sakura looked at Lee's beaten motionless body feeling terrible. Lee-san Sakura jumped onto the bar that was in front of her and prepared to fall to the arena. When suddenly Kakashi stopped her.

"What can you do by going down there… you consoling him will only make it harder…" Her sensei said seriously.

Sakura looked at Kakashi surprisingly then looked sadly back at Lee knowing he was right.

End of flashback2

Flashback3

"It's rare to see you buying flowers from our shop." Ino said trying to point out how she knew why.

"So…? Who cares about that…?" Sakura said trying to avoid conversation with her hated rival. "Flowers with roots are supposed to be bad luck for a sick person… I need a cut flower… but which should I pick?"

"Your going to visit Sasuke aren't you?" Ino said suspiciously. Sakura froze looking away from the blonde haired girl. "You wont get away with that, I'm going too." Ino said leaning against Sakura using her shoulder as an elbow supporter.

"Damn… Ino pig…" Sakura said angrily.

"I'm going with this flower one flower a "rose of love." Ino Said braggingly.

"Hehe how basic, Then this Daffodil for me… Even during winter it keeps it's beauty, never losing to the cold. A strong flower that hopes for spring. With the thoughts of "please recover and get out of the hospital as soon as possible." 3 Sakura said as she held the flower close to her cheek.

"You've gotten quite good at this…" Her rival said angrily

"I said I wouldn't loose to you!"

"Then two for me."

"Why? Ones enough." She asked confused about Sakura's decision.

"No, one for Lee-san too."

"Oh yeah…Did you hear about Lee-san?" She asked Caringly making sure to be cautious of how to tell her.

"Huh? What?" she asked happily.

"Well… Lee-san… because of his serious injuries… They say he'll never be able to be a shinobi again…" Sakura looked at Ino stunned in her words of Lee.

End of flash back3

All the thoughts of the moments that showed how he loved her or something terrible about Lee flashed in her head. Her eyes started to get moist and she let out a quiet whine of sadness.

"Whats wrong Sakura-chan?"

"It's nothing Lee-kun… nothing at all."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes I'm fine Lee-kun."

"Ok." Lee said unconvinced. He could sense something wrong. He tried ignoring it but it kept bugging him even in his sleep.

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don't worry It'll explain it all at the end of this fan fiction