Chapter Two: The First of the Two Apprentices.
...finally Sakura let out a scream. The scream satisfied Gaara. Again he felt alive. Everyone feared him, even his family. He was only happy when killing. Gaara grinned his crazy, evil, satisfied smile of madness. She had screamed, Gaara was happy, as close to as happy as he could be, with her pain. Gaara was going to kill her...there was no point, she had the same scroll as them... so what, the gourd could always use more blood but not the blood of the weak. No, he would leave her blood among the trees, the same with that fool's, but the Uchiha's...yes the gourd could use Sasuke's blood...
"I told you, Sakura, as I love you I will protect you until I die." Rock Lee exclaimed from his branch high above Gaara. With that Gaara stopped smiling and turned his evil gaze to Rock Lee.
"Who are you, as to try and stop me?" Gaara replied coldly as he continued to gaze at Rock Lee. Hmm. Love. Some wounds could only be healed with love he was once told...
"I am Rock Lee the handsome devil of leaf village and I will not let you kill her. Sakura don't worry, I will save you, for a man must save the one he loves." Rock Lee yelled as he jumped from the tree, high into the air, spinning with his left hand behind his back. He landed between Sakura and Gaara, spinning low on the ground, with his left leg sweeping all around him, stirring leaves up into the air.
"Lessen your grip on her and face me." Rock Lee said as the leaves surrounding him fell towards the ground. He held his left hand behind his back. The sand mound surrounding Sakure lessened as a small amount of sand fell to the ground. Her face returned to its normal color as she gasped for air. "Sakura, my love, you will be safe..." One of the huge dead trees behind Gaara cracked and moved. Finally with the sound of rushing flame and water the tree fell flying towards Sakura, Rock Lee and Gaara. With that Sakura closed her eyes and hoped. She felt the sand surrounding her fall away. Then she heard running steps, a soft thud, then a huge CRACK, and with that she opened her eyes to see the tree being held in the air by a wall of sand. There was another loud CRACK. The half not being held up by sand broke of and fell down towards them. Again Sakura closed her eyes and fell to her knees as she held her head down. Now there was the sound of more running, the rushing of air and... Sakura opened her eyes to see Rock Lee spinning threw the air then a final CRACK followed by the sound of wood splitting as Rock Lee kicked the bottom of the falling tree. In an almost perfect line the falling tree started to split in half. Rock Lee then kicked both halves of the tree sending the falling in opposite directions, avoiding them all.
"Sasuke!!!" Sakura screamed as she realized that one of the halves of the tree was falling toward Sasuke and Naruto's hiding spot. The both halves of the trees fell through the surrounding trees with a deafening crash. The one halve fall through the tree branch holding Sasuke and Naruto.
"Sasuke, Naruto!!!" Sakure yelled as she ran to the end of the branch near Sasuke and Naruto's original resting place. Rock Lee fell behind Sakura and was about to speak when... Again more foot steps then a strange child in an aqua blue robe jumping from the part of the tree being held up by sand. The strange child ninja landed behind Rock Lee.
"Did I kill someone?" The strange child had a waterfall head band asked. His voice was filled with curiosity more the concern.
"What do you mean? You killed no one. Sakura forgive me for…. I didn't know they where hidden there." Rock Lee cried aloud as he put his hand on Sakura's shoulder, who was now crying on her knees.
"Did the tree I fell kill some one?" The strange waterfall ninja questioned. Rock Lee then removed his hand from Sakura and with amazing speed and strength threw his closed, hand at the waterfall ninja. The waterfall ninja put his hand straight up at chest level. Rock Lee's punch was intercepted by a small cloud of darkness...
"Hey. I don't want to fight. I am here to observe…" The strange waterfall ninja said in a bright cheery voice. "Looks like your friends could use some help. You, with the pink hair, don't worry." He rushed to then end of the log and leapt down beside a huge pile of broken logs. Then he did two unknown hand seals. Instantly the logs slowly rolled away, down along the ground. With that the strange waterfall ninja walked over to the beaten, near dead bodies of Sasuke and Naruto. He knelt do besides Sasuke's body. He put both of his hands on Sasuke's body. "Chiyute no Jutsu" Sasuke's chest started to glow a strange, light green.
"It will be a while before they regain consciousness." Said the mysterious ninja as he then leapt back up on the tree besides Rock Lee. "You know? You are lucky. There was a sound squad on the way here but my friend is handling it…
…"FLASH OF NIGHTMARES!!" said a mysteriously pale ninja with a waterfall headband. Once again Tsuchi and Zaku were sitting out as Dosu was doing all the fighting. After the mysterious ninja used the jutsu Dosu seemed as though he was paralyzed. With that the pale waterfall ninja turned to see Zaku stand.
"What did you do to Dosu?!" Zaku yelled as he pointed his left hand straight at the pale waterfall ninja "Air slicing bla…"
"FLASH OF NIGHTMARES" The pale waterfall ninja yelled before Zaku finished his jutsu. Zaku froze up unable to speak or move. Then finally the pale water ninja turned to Tsuchi and yelled "FLASH OF NIGHTMARES" yet again. Tsuchi too froze in mid step.
"I knew you were going to attack Sasuke but he is unavailable. Here take this scroll." The pale waterfall said as he tossed a white a scroll high into the air. It landed along side a brown scroll that had fallen during the battle. "You're pathetic. I hope you put up a better fight in the preliminaries. I don't know why he wanted you to pass"…