Sunrise the next morning, I dress in my green suit, orange leg warmers and sprint out the door. I arrived at our usual meeting place, which was empty as usual. I jogged on the spot to warm up a bit, then I saw a cloaked figure approaching me.
I watched as the person walked right up to me, I could see blonde hair underneath the hood. He looked up and into my eyes. Daisuke.
"Daisuke-kun? What's.. with the cloak?" I asked. He smirked.
"Behold, Setsuki." He clapped his hands twice, a spotlight arose from the ground, I swear I swore someone holding it up. It turned on and flashed right onto Daisuke. He tore off the cloak and stood on a rock, poking his butt out and he grinned at me. My eyes widen, he was wearing the suit Gai-sensei gave him, the leg warmers, and he even moved his headband to his waist, and his eyes glistened in the light. I was in total awe. "It suits me, doesn't it?" He stood up straight and flexed his arms, as if showing off. I had the biggest dopey grin, and I didn't even realize. "Look look! You can see my muscles through it!"
I nod slightly, my grin widening. I then felt a hand on my shoulder, Gai-sensei. He knelt down to my height, pulled me close to him and gestured at Daisuke with his other hand. I heard the spotlight smash on the ground in the background. It went dark again. "Isn't it amazing?! The youth! The fantastic body structure of youthful Daisuke-kun, the way it fits perfectly into my suit, showing his youth!"
Daisuke flashed a grin, and a thumbs up, his teeth even sparkled. I felt jealous again, even Daisuke-kun's teeth could sparkle!
"But of course... Daisuke is not complete!" Gai-sensei announced. Both Daisuke and I blinked and tilted our heads at Gai-sensei. "Because...!" Gai-sensei clapped his hands twice. A person jumped out from the bushes, rolled like a ball in the air then landed on his feet smoothly, in front of Daisuke. The person stood with hands on their hips, their head raised high and proudly into the air. The spotlight turned on again. Lee. I was surprised at the sight. Someone held a hairdryer aimed at Lee, causing his hair to blow perfectly. Lee looked at me and grinned, his teeth sparkled. "Because Lee is the perfect example! His silky black shiny hair, that pristine bowl cut, his-" Gai-sensei nudged my arm with his elbow, wiggling his eyebrows at me. "Slim, perfect body structure, fits perfectly into that suit!" I gave a blank expression. I look at the person holding the hairdryer, Tenten. I look over my shoulder, Neji was holding the spotlight, his hair was covering his eyes.
"Why did I agree to this..." Neji grumbled under his breath. I was a little confused at what was going on, but the scene of Lee's hair blowing was so beautiful, it made my eyes water.
"OI!" Daisuke shouted, knocking Lee over.
"Owaah!"
"What the hell is this!? Why's Lee here!? This was my show!" Daisuke complained, gesturing to himself. Gai-sensei stood up and chuckled.
"You can't hog all the spot light, Daisuke!" Gai-sensei said, pointing at him. Lee laid there holding his wound.
"Lee-san, why are you out of the hospital?" I bluntly asked. Lee blinked and jumped up, acting like nothing was wrong.
"I-I am all better, Setsuki-san! E-er.. I mean, Setsuki-chan!"
"Chan..?" I blinked and shook my head. "Are you sure? The nurse lady said your wound needed rest!" I exclaimed. Lee shook his head confidently.
"It is completely fine! I am completely healed!"
I didn't believe him. I walked up to him, he watched me cautiously. I pat his stomach, he tensed slightly, but it was barely noticeable. I stood up and smiled up at him. He smiled back with a 'I told you so' expression. I suddenly whack his stomach, he howled in pain and fell to his knees cringing. Everyone's eyes widened in my direction. I frowned, a little saddened.
"You lied!" I squeaked. Everyone else frowned. I knelt down, grabbed Lee's hand and pulled him back to his feet. His cheeks were a little red. Daisuke growled under his breath. "Come on, back to the hospital!" I began to drag him back.
"H-Hey! No! Setsuki-sa-chan! Please! I do not want to!"
"Setsuki...?" Gai-sensei seemed utterly confused. He muttered something under his breath, it sounded like "Was she not affected by my perfectly planned performance?" He scratched his chin.
"Gai-sensei I told you it wouldn't work." Tenten grumbled. I heard the spotlight smash into the ground again.
"I can stop holding this thing now!" Neji cheered to himself, no one paid any attention to him though.
"Setsuki! Wait!" Daisuke called, he ran up to me and stood in front of me, blocking my path. I stared at him. "Don't you.. don't you like it? Does this not suit me?" Daisuke was pouting, his bottom lip quivering like a small child.
I smile at him. "It definitely suits you, Daisuke-kun!" I exclaimed, giving him a thumbs up. I tried to smile and have my teeth sparkle, but they didn't sparkle. It was disappointing.
"Y.. You think so?"
I nod. "Yup! Come on, Daisuke-kun. We'll take Lee-san back to the hospital, and we'll visit Susumu-kun while we're there!" I said. Daisuke frowned at Lee, but agreed. Tenten walked over to us and folded her arms.
"You three look ridiculous.." She grumbled. Daisuke pouted at her, but I grinned widely.
"Ridiculously good! Right, Tenten-chan!?" I cheered. Lee mimicked my expression and stood up straight, gripped my hand tighter and gave a thumbs up to Tenten with his other hand.
"Truly handsome! Together, Setsuki-chan, Daisuke-kun, and I, Rock Lee, the Handsome Devil of the Leaf, will brighten the world with our illuminating flames of youth!" Lee announced, extending his free arm to Daisuke for a man-hug, surprisingly, Daisuke allowed it, and they both put their arms around each others shoulders. The three of us grinned at Tenten, she frowned and shook her head. The three of us strutted off like that, Daisuke and Lee's arms around each other's shoulders, and Lee holding my hand.
We obtained countless strange looks, until we found Naruto. He saw us, his draw dropped, and he rushed away rather quickly. It wasn't until 10 minutes later we realized why he reacted like that. He came running back dressed in the same suit as us! He also had two bits of black cardboard taped over his eyebrows, as if mocking Lee.
"You have one too, Naruto-kun!?" I questioned. Naruto nodded eagerly.
"Bushy Brows-sensei gave it to me ages ago, dattebayo!" Naruto and I put our arms around each others shoulders, Lee refused to let go of my hand so I didn't try to fight him. Daisuke frowned at Naruto.
"Oi.. Naruto, swap places?" He asked.
"No way, dattebayo!"
"Tch.."
The nurse didn't greet Lee kindly, and forced him back into the room, it took the three of us to hold Lee down so the nurse could strap him down to the bed, so he wouldn't escape again. The nurse gave us all a lollipop for our help. Lee was whining because he couldn't move, and we all walked to the door.
"Sorry Lee-san... but if you don't rest, you can't get better.. and if you don't get better, we can't train together!" I mentioned. Lee seemed to accept what I said.
"If.. he doesn't get better.. he can't train with Setsuki-chan.. and if he can't train with Suki-chan.. then I can train with Suki-chan!" Daisuke was talking quietly to himself, I wasn't listening.
"I'll come back soon, Lee-san! I'll bring you some ice cream.. or-or curry!" I said. The nurse hit me over the head, hard. "Ow!"
"Eating those things will upset his wound even more! Leave him in our care would you."
"B-but I would really love some curry!" Lee whined.
"SILENCE!" The nurse screamed. We were basically kicked out of the room, I called out to Lee that I would be back. And I damn well meant it too!
Susumu was now in a hospital room, laying silently in his bed, his eyes closed, he looked like he was in pain, he was sweating.
"Susumu-kun.." I mumbled. Daisuke walked straight up behind me and nudged me to the side gently.
"Susumu you bastard. Wake up already, stop making Setsuki worry!" Daisuke grumbled.
"Oi, that's a bit harsh.." Naruto spoke up.
"Bah, he's just overreacting! There's no way he could be that hurt. The docs wont even tell us what's wrong with him, so obviously there's nothing wrong." Daisuke mentioned. Naruto stared at Susumu for a moment, with a nostalgic expression.
"Hey.. Sasuke showed kinda the same face... when he.." Naruto stood on the other side of the bed and turned Susumu onto his side. Susumu groaned lightly from the movement. Naruto's eyes widen.
"What?" Daisuke asked.
"It.. it's him.. look!" Naruto pointed to a black mark on Susumu's shoulder.
"Him?"
"Orochimaru! He gave this same mark to Sasuke!" Naruto exclaimed.
"M-Mark?" I stuttered. "Does.. that mean he's.. gonna turn on us?"
"Susumu? Turn on us? Setsuki, don't think that. This guy would never... but if he did I would protect you from him!" Daisuke announced, attempting to but his arm around me.
"First Komaru-sensei's gone... now Susumu-kun.. Daisuke-kun, what's happening to us?" I looked up into his eyes. Daisuke paused for a moment, staring deeply into my eyes.
".. Setsuki, if anything does happen.. I'll make sure nothing happens to you... I'll protect you, alright?" He put his hand on my shoulder instead.
"I will too Setsuki." Naruto said. We both face him. Naruto points his thumb at his chest. "I want to protect all my friends. That includes Sasuke.."
I gave a slight nod. "... Well enough of the sadness now. Susumu seems fine. Looks like the marks all sealed up so he should be fine. Setsuki, lets go get some ice cream.. together..." Daisuke grew a smile.
I smile back. "Okay!"