Downfall (A Rock Lee fanfic)

Visiting the Kazekage

Chapter 12: Visiting the Kazekage

Sasuke plopped down on a log exhausted. It was dark out now and they had been walking for hours, days, on end. Four days straight to be perfectly exact. Sasuke wasn't one to waste time, but even the avenger needed to rest up. Especially considering he was going to need all his energy for when they entered the Sound tomorrow. Unfortunately, Lee had long since perfected the art of sleep walking. So even as they walked through the night, he dozed peacefully, never letting up his pace. Sasuke envied him.

Lee, at the moment however, was wide awake. "Sasuke, we are so close! Can we not just enter the Sound and sleep there instead?" The youthful boy pouted, excited as ever to enter the area and finally find out just who they had travelled all this way to recruit.

Sasuke shook his head, hands covering his severly irritated face. "Lee, for Kami's sake, just because  you can sleep while walking doesn't mean I can! I need to sleep!" He argued, slipping down to the ground to curl up, back to Lee. 

Rock Lee pouted even more. "But Sasuke-ku--." "GOOD NIGHT, LEE!" Sasuke shouted, effectively shutting down the conversation. Lee looked down, dejected. The poor boy sighed and slipped down to sit, knees against his chest and his arms folded neatly atop. 

Suddenly his head popped back up in a flash. "Ah, Sasuke..." Lee tried softly, voice as a low whisper. Sasuke groaned from the ground. "We are very near Suna as well! I was thinking, maybe we could ask Kazekage-sama to help us?" Lee suggested, bouncing his legs lightly in excitement. It has been so long since he has seen Gaara, let alone fought along side him. He was very happy he had thought of this.

Sasuke flipped over at this, sitting up on an elbow to lift an eyebrow at Lee. "You can't be serious." The raven finally stated after observing his cousin closely. Lee's mouth pursed into an even tighter looking 'M' shape and he shook his head. "N-no, Sasuke. I am completely serious. With Gaara-- I-I mean, the Kazekage, on our side we would be unstoppable!" The boy declared, once again forgetting that his friend had a well deserved, to-be-respected title.

The younger Uchiha groaned and pinched the bridge of his nose. "Lee..." He started slowly, almost as if speaking to a child. "The Kazekage of Sunagakure can't just cross into Konahagakure, and kill a council member of said country. That would easily cause a war!" Sasuke growled, thumping his fist against the ground.

Rock Lee frowned and crossed his arms stubbornly. "No, it would not! Gaara would just be helping a friend!" "I'm telling you Lee, he wouldn't do it." The spandexed boy shot up, stomping a foot harshly in the ground, creating a small crater. Lee paused to look at the disrupted ground. Right, he wasn't wearing his weights anymore. He needed to be mindful of his strength. The turtle boy shook his head, hands curled into fists. "Gaara would too! Because I am his friend, and he would do anything for his friends! And... and.. I will prove it to you! I will run to the Hidden Sand Village and ask Gaara onto our quest!" he insisted stubbornly.

Sasuke huffed and rolled his eyes, also rolling himself back over to curl up. He had given up with his stupid partner. He waved a hand Lee. "Whatever, I don't care. Just as long as you're back by morning." The avenger just wanted to sleep.

Lee nodded curtly. "And I will!" True to his word, he took off in the direction of Suna's Hidden Village. He could make it there and back by morning with no trouble at all.

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(Three days earlier...)

Tsunade's pencil scratched over yet another page of her seemingly endless amount of paperwork. She sighed and put the pencil down to massage the cramp from her palm. The blonde scoffed.

Naruto wants to be Hokage, huh? Yeah right, he'd never make it through the paperwork.

Tsunade shook her head with a lingering smile at the thought of the bright eyed Nine-tails Jinchurriki.