The Lost Shinobi

Identify Yourself! Lee V.S. Sasuke!

*Akiko's P.O.V*

        I'd been waiting outside for Sakura with Naruto and Sasuke by my side. "Sakura-chan! You're late..." smiled Naruto. I just huffed in anxiety, and I could hear Sakura say, "Morning, Sasuke-kun." Sasuke didn't look at her for a second, but managed to reply, "Yeah..." That's when I noticed that Sakura wasn't as anxious as she usually was. She seemed to have lost confidence.

There was a line from the outside to Room 301. I saw two kids our age being kicked away from the door. I noticed that it was Rock Lee and Ten Ten. As we approached, the kids who were guarding the door seemed pretty sure of themselves. I had quite enough.

"That's enough talk for a couple of brats guarding a door. Also. Release the Genjutsu, we all know this is the second floor."

I noticed Sakura and Naruto look at me in surprise. I saw Sasuke smirk and simply nod his head. He looked at Sakura and said, "How about it Sakura? You should've been the first one to realize it." Sakura was out of trance and looked  confused. I smiled and tagged along, "Your analytical strength and Genjutsu know-how has improved most in our squad, so..." Sakura realized what we where doing and smiled, with a look of relief and gratitude. 

The brat with spiky hair smirked and charged at Sasuke. Sasuke moved quick to deflect the attack. Suddenly, a flash of green moved quicker than the two and blocked both kicks from hitting each other. I smirked, and saw Lee's hands move slowly to lower the kicking legs. 

Then, he blushed when he saw Sakura.

She described him as......

Too intense.

Yeah, like Sasuke isn't. 

I nearly laughed when Naruto's rivalry spark again and when I saw Lee's humiliation. I looked at Sasuke and noticed his uninterested look at the boy with pale white eyes. Obviously a Byakugan user. I noticed Sakura pull Sasuke and Sakura to Room 301. I only followed them.

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I'd been walking up the stairs and onto the third floor when I heard, "You with the unpleasant look! Wait a minute!"

We all turned around to see Lee on the top floor, staring down at Sasuke. I smiled, looks like he's gonna get himself a fight, I thought.

Sure enough, Sasuke responded, "What is it?" Lee seemed to try to do a pokerface and said, "Why don't you fight with me here now?" "A fight here now?" asked Sasuke. "Yes." shouted Lee. He hopped off the top floor and introduced himself. "My name's Rock Lee. When asking a person their name, I'm supposed to give my own name first, right? Sasuke Uchiha..." Sasuke eyes widened for a moment then went back to a poker face. "Humph...So you knew?" Later, Lee made a stance, "I want to fight you! I want to test out how effective my techniques will be against the descendant of the clan reputed for genius Ninja!"

"Also..." he looked at Sakura, and she freaked out. He blushed and said, "Sakura. Love. "

Sakura began to freak out and we all stared at her. Even Lee continued his terrible flirting. Naruto raged as the attention went to Sasuke again. He threatened to attack Lee, but Lee attacked him first and knocked him out. Sasuke finally accepted the challenge, and charged at Lee. I slowly began to run to the top floor that Lee had been on and stared from above. In a few blinks, Lee beat the heck out of Sasuke. Upset, Sasuke had released the Sharingan. I saw him charge and.....FAILED AGAIN. Sakura looked upset, confused, and in horror at the same time. Lee revealed that it wasn't Genjutsu or Ninjutsu, it was Taijutsu. Naruto finally woke up and saw Sasuke get beat up.

Lee explained that it was to keep up with your body, not your eyes to beat Taijutsu. "If your Sharingan is a genius-type drawing Uchiha ability, I'm an effort-type who has patiently mastered only Taijutsu." Sasuke punched and Lee dodged. "In a manner of speaking, your Sharingan and my ultimate Taijutsu have the worst compatibility..." I watched as Lee nearly did the Dancing Leaf Shadow on Sasuke, only to be stopped by a turtle. Lee dropped Sasuke, and Sakura managed to catch him. Lee sat in front of the turtle. And let himself get scolded. And, there popped Mighty Guy-sensei on top.

I smiled as everyone looked creeped out. Guy-sensei looked up and noticed me on the top floor. "Well if it isn't youthful Akiko!" he yelled. "Yo," I responded, with a huge smile.  I jumped down from the top floor and landed in front of him. As soon as I appeared at him, he swung his fist, and it nearly hit my face, but punched Lee on the cheek. The rest were very confused. Once Lee hit the ground, Guy-sensei went over to him and they both cried in each others arms. Team 7 were obviously confused.

Then, Sensei commanded Lee to take a hundred laps around the Training Field and into the setting sun.  Until Lee remindedhim that they were at the Chunin Exams. I watched as Sensei moved from next to Lee to behind my teammates. Sasuke freaked out when he saw how fast Guy was. "Well, I believe you and Lee should be going to the classroom pretty soon," he told them. He looked at me and said with a loud voice, "Pleasure seeing you again, Akiko." With that, he vanished. Lee said that he wanted to beat his rival on his team, which I assumed was Neji. He wished us luck and front-flipped onto the next flight of stairs. I remembered his bruised hand. And Naruto mentioned it, "You saw his hand too, huh?" We all looked at him.

"That Bushy-Brow probably did a heck of a lot of special training. Day after day...More than you have..." I could tell that he was talking to Sasuke. "...That's all it is." Sakura was looking at Sasuke with concern, but I saw Naruto's face. He could compare with Lee. Training day, after day, and failing to impress others. I heard Sasuke do a humph sound. "It's starting to get interesting...the Chunin Exam!" Apparently, we all agreed on that. So, we hurried to the classroom hosting the First Exam.