Oh my god it's been over a month has it!? I'm sorry, but I kind of got lazy (laughs nervously).

Warning this chapter has emoness and some OOC… And a giant fish!

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Chapter 5

Just like Gai had predicted the pair had arrived at the village just after the sun had gone down. They delivered the package to the village leader and the man urged them to stay the night in one of the hotels, which only made Lee think even more that something was wrong.

"Is it just me or did he seem a little too pushy on having us stay?" Lee asked as they stepped outside the small building. The village was a relatively small one and Lee found it odd that they would be hiring ninja to deliver something. Just how important could one small package be?

"I noticed that to. I also think it's strange that we weren't attacked at all even though they said there would be a chance of it." Gai said thoughtfully as they walked down the street toward the nearest Inn.

"Do you think there could be more than they are letting on?" Lee asked as he gave Gai a worried look.

"Wouldn't be the first time." Gai replied. "Sometimes villages with little money will hire ninja for a low ranked mission and as soon as the ninja get there they try to guilt trip them into doing more than they paid for."

"Is that…bad?" Lee asked hesitantly. Gai smiled at how innocent Lee sounded.

"No…At least I don't think so. It's just too bad that they have to lie and beg to get help." Gai replied with a slightly sad tone. Lee smiled and giggled slightly.

"Any way we should probably stay for a couple days and see what the problem could be." Gai continued as they walked into the inn.

"Okay…Oh my god look at that fish!" Lee ran over to a large fish tank with a huge coy fish swimming in it. Gai left Lee with the fish and walked over to the front desk. He paid for one room and turned back around to see lee was gone.

Lee? Where did you go?" He said out loud and looked around the large tank for his young protégé. "Did you see where he went?" He asked the lady at the desk. She gave him an annoyed look and pointed to the fish tank. Gai turned around and came face to face with his ex-student, who was floating in the tank next to the large fish.

"How on earth did you get in there?" Gai exclaimed and Lee just smiled innocently. The younger man raised his arm to wave but the fish opened its giant mouth and swallowed it up to his elbow. Lee tensed and looked at the fish in shock. Gai watched as his student screamed and began thrashing about to get the fish off.

Finally he got it off by giving it a swift punch in the face. The fish shook its head and glared at the green shinobi. Then in a whirl of bubbles Lee was tossed out of the tank with his shoes mission.

"What the heck just happened?" Gai exclaimed because it happened so quickly he had no time to register it.

"That fish stole my shoes!" Lee yelled as he got to his feet. He tried to climb back in but Gai held him back by his arms.

"No Lee it's not worth it. That thing will kill you!" The fish smirked and swam away triumphantly.

"Gai-sensei I am scared." Lee whimpered. "Good thing I brought an extra pair of shoes."

"That's the spirit! Always be prepared!" Gai exclaimed and they both shared a youthful hug before dashing off to their room. The receptionist watched them with an extremely scared and mentally disorientated look.

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A sigh escaped the raven haired mans mouth as he watched his mentor filing through a small pile of paper work. One of the many things Lee had experienced as a jonin was the large amount of paper work they had to do after missions. He had to admit it was probably the single most boring thing he had ever experienced.

Lee leaned forward until he was lying on his stomach and rested his chin on his palms. He continued to watch Gai with half lidded, distant eyes. Gai shifted his own gaze briefly from the papers to his student. Their eyes locked for a moment before the older averted his gaze back to the papers.

"Gai-sensei," The younger man said, his words seeming too loud in the thick silence between them. "Please tell me what happened."

Gai sighed sadly and set the papers down of the bed side table. "Could you ever love someone after someone close to you has died?" Gai replied with a question.

"If it was not my fault and there was nothing I could have done then maybe." Lee replied as he crossed his arms on the mattress and laid his head down on it. "I understand that you are still grieving for Akiko…But I feel as though you are not revealing the whole storie."

Gai smiled slightly. "You've become very perceptive Lee." He said as he got up and walked over to Lee's bed. He sat down next to him as the younger pushed himself to his knees to be eye level with him.

"In my life I've had five lovers. Three female and two male but…but something happened to each of them. And I just…" Gai paused and searched his mind for the right words. "I was too scared to let anyone else in again." Lee stared at Gai in surprise.

"Sensei I would never hurt you." He said but Gai shook his head.

"It's not that I'm afraid to be hurt…Lee I do care about you a lot. And under normal circumstances I might have tried a relationship but…"

"But?" Lee suddenly had a bad feeling in his stomach.

"I said no because every one of those five people I was with died!" Gai forced himself to say. Lee's eyes widened and Gai turned his head away to hide the tears forming in his eyes. "All of them, with the exception of my first girl friend who died of a disease, died while they were on a mission.

Both of them were silent for a long time before Lee spoke again. "Gai-sensei I…did not know." Gai looked back at him but the sad look remained. Lee reached forward and placed a hand on Gai's cheek. Hesitantly, he leaned forward and pressed a kiss to the corner of Gai's mouth.

"Lee!" Gai said, somewhat loudly as he pulled away from the touch. "Why can't you understand? I'm cursed and if I fall in love with you you'll die!" Lee flinched at the older man's tone and shook his head.

"I know that saying I will not die on a mission would be a promise I might not be able to keep. But you have always taught me to live for the moment, and not dwell on the thoughts of what might happen in the future!" Gai looked at Lee in surprise as he continued. "I did not know Akiko, or any of your other lovers. But if any of them truly loved you then they would want you to move on and forget." Gai stared at Lee for a long time, and slowly he began to realize he was right. But he continued to remain silent. Lee sighed and looked away with a slight blush.

"Any way it is getting late and I think I will go to bed." He said and got up to change in the bathroom. Gai quietly stood up and got changed in the bed room. When Lee came back out Gai as already dressed and in bed, facing the opposite direction lee was in. Lee sighed sadly and got into his own bed.

"Good night." He mumbled quietly and turned off the light before settling in for a long sleepless night.

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Well now, how many of you expected that? I mean it's not every day you get attacked by a fish who steals your shoes…Oh and about Gai's supposed curse. But then again if you didn't see it coming then I guess some one didn't pay attention to the title…Or I'm just bad at coming up with them T-T