"I wonder who keeps saving you?" Naruto pondered.
"I don't know my eyes were closed both times." Lee wiped away a stray tear, from the telling of events, sniffling.
"Next time open your eyes." Sasuke said simply.
"But whose to say he'll be saved next time?" Naruto reasoned smartly.
'Personally I hope there's never another time!...But knowing Neji..' Lee thought.
"He will be. His savior has been there every other time, why not then?"
"But what if they just happened to be there?" Naruto argued.
"You're not making him feel any better." Sasuke noted the fresh tears on Lee's cheeks.
"Oh sorry." Naruto sratched the back of his head leaning back. "Sasuke's right. He's been there the other times so why not now?"
Lee left still quite discouraged but a little hopeful. Taking a shower when he got home eh thought about everything. 'I wonder if Tenten knows? Probably. So I wonder if she's said anything about it.'
Meanwhile Neji was being ripped a new one by Tenten. "I can't believe you! Do you even care about him?" She yelled.
"Of course I do!" Neji snapped.
"Really? Because you'd think if you did you wouldn't hurt him!"
"I'm not! I'm just trying to win him over!" Neji shot.
"Well that's not how you do it!"
"What do you know? He's scared because we're both boys." Neji left the room.
Tenten sighed. 'Neji might be right.' Then thinking it about it she thought otherwise.
The next day Lee was relieved there was no team training, though he had his own training. Beginning his training Lee didn't feel any presence.
Gaara was sitting in his favorite tree. He felt restless and anxious. 'Lee's probably training again, maybe I'll go watch.' He was already on his way as he thought this. Looking around on the way Gaara saw Neji approaching. He felt instantly angry. He wanted to kill him. Barely stopping himself with the thought of Lee getting angry. Then it occurred to him that, that shouldn't matter.
The third time Lee looked around he Neji slowly approaching. His instincts said to run but his body was frozen in place from fear.
"Hey Lee." Neji greeted him.
"H-Hi." Lee managed.
Neji came within inches of him. Lee went to move and Neji pinned him to the training post. Neji kissed him forcefully.
Lee pushed him off somehow. "NO!"
Now angry Neji grabbed Lee's wrists closing the few inch gap Lee had made. Neji paralyzed his arms (lasts about five minutes) and got out a kunai. Using it he cut down Lee's shirt, cutting him too, though shallowly. Neji removed the shirt and licked the wound.
Gaara got there as Neji did this. 'How dare he make Lee bleed!' Gaara snapped.
Lee was crying and protesting as Neji's hands roamed over his chest and playing with a nipple but it fell on deaf ears.
Using his sand Gaara once again threw Neji, yet this time he knew what he was doing. Gaara turned to leave. 'I can't let him find out it was me.'
"Gaara?" Lee saw the sand.
'Too late.' Gaara went to leave.
"Wait." Lee started to approach the tree, bleeding as he moved. Though shallow it's still a wound.
Gaara stopped and jumped down to help Lee instead of leaving. "Stop moving you're bleeding." Picking up the ripped shirt he used it as a makeshift bandage. "Come on. Temari will look at that." Gaara lead Lee to his house leaving Neji. Opening the door to his house he called for Temari.
"What's he..." She saw the blood soaked shirt. Though shallow the wound reopened and bleed with every step. "Come on." Temari was going to treat the wound but somehow Gaara ended up doing it. "So what happened?" She asked overseeing the treatment.
"Um" Lee turned bright red.
"Neji." Gaara said flatly.
"What your teammate? Were you fighting?" Temari asked concerned.
"Yeah." Lee lied.
"No you weren't." Gaara looked him in the face. 'I was worried.' Gaara rested his head on Lee's shoulder. "Don't let him" Gaara's voice broke as he trailed off.
"Gaara?" Lee and Temari said in unison.
"I'll protect you." Gaara whispered.
'Huh? Does Gaara have a crush on Lee?' Temari thought. Just then Kankuro walked in.
"What the hell?"
Gaara moved is head and got up. "You can use one of my shirts." Gaara offered putting out his hand.
"Uh thanks." Lee took Gaara's hand allowing him to help him up. The sand siblings stood in the doorway in shock as Lee left wearing one of Gaara's shirts. Lee had said he'd return it but Gaara insisted he keep it.
"What's going on?" Kankuro demanded.
"What happened?" Temari asked curious.
"Neji's been sexually assaulting Lee. I've stopped him three times now." Gaara was walking to the door. "I want-I want to protect him." With that Gaara was gone. On his way to see Neji.