GaaLee || You're the one.

Chapter 2 || The Mission.

The cool breeze of the village ran through the mighty green beasts hair, Rock Lee. His hands dangling behind himself as he quickly ran across the tiled rooftops. Soon enough his body was in front of the hokages large building. Other ninjas greeted him as he made his way into the building. One of the ninja who were keeping guard walked along with him to Naruto's office. The guard stopped at the door, "Lord hokages in there to meet with you. Make it quick." The taller ninja nodded, and eagerly entered into the presence of his dear friend, Naruto Uzumaki. "Hey bushy brow," The rather unprofessional kage exclaimed. Lee waved happily, "Hey long time no see Naruto." The jumpsuit wearing adult responded with as much enthusiasm. He then took a seat in front of Narutos desk and listen to the other begin to exclaim his mission. "We were just notified that the village hidden in the sand wa shuts attacked," with that sentence things got much more serious. The atmosphere shifting. "Luckily no one was seriously hurt, but homes were damaged, and even the Kazekage was targeted. It was clearly a sloppy, and luckily an unsuccessful assassination. Of course they were after Gaara." He stated- Lee now much more observant. His own friend was being targeted and threatened? Naruto then continued, "Your mission is to head to the village with other Shinobi and guard the kazekage. There will be other Shinobi as well, but you will be his constant guard. We have an apartment ready for you there, and Gaara will show you to it once you have arrived. The mission will last until the villages damages are done." Finally the explanation was done. Lee took a few moments to register all of this. "Alright, when do we leave for the mission?" Naruto smiled- glad to see his friend was on board. "You guys will leave once all twenty Shinobi are at the villages entrance. Shikamaru will be leading the first squad, and you will be leading the second. Got it?" The determined ninja stood up, "Yes sir!"

~Small time skip~

The bandage wearing adult gripped onto the straps of his bag as he was walking to the group of other ninja at the gates of the leaf village. Luckily they were already set to go, and the squads were paired off. Lee instructed his team to follow and they were soon off. The journey would only be about five hours long. Which is a quicker move than most. They made occasional pit stops at small towns in between the journey. But after a nearly persistent, five hour walk they were greeted with the hot blazing sun and dry sandy air. They had finally arrived. Lee dispersed the squad and everyone got to their assigned missions. Lee took a different route from the other ninja, due to his special orders which he was excited about. As the tai jitsu-using ninja jumped rooftops, he noticed massive damage right near the kazekages building. The sight of it stirred many emotions, but he easily kept himself under control. As the green beast set foot in the building- he immediately was greeted with a similar, monotone voice. "Hello, Rock Lee." The smooth and rather calming voice of Gaara met his ears. He looked over, and bowed. "Hello, Lord kazekage!" Lee looked up to Gaara a lot, and respected him very much. Gaara nodded a bit, "You were ordered to be my guard, correct?" Lee shook his head yes, "Mhm, I will be by your side all day to help protect you from any possible attacks." Gaaras sea foam green eyes stay locked on Lee. "Alright then, come with me." Rock Lee Obediently Follow his friends orders. After a small walk, they entered the Kazekages office. Stacks of work were placed upon the desk, and Gaara sat down in front of all of it. He began going through the work, and signing things. There were many tasks and paperwork to handle, and with Lee guarding him now he was able to focus solely on his work. Lee examined the room, not touching anything of course. Just observing it's designed and the work load Gaara had piled all around him.

As his friend worked, he couldn't help but catch himself staring at the other at times. There wasn't much to do so his eyes were naturally attracted to the only other person in the room. He shook his eyes away and examined the village through the nearby window. The view was lovely. You could see the entire village, the sky, and the boarder of the village too.  The ninjas eyes wondered to the nearby destructions, frowning a bit. Why would someone have such a desire to harm Gaara-kun? The Kazekage was one of the most heroic Kages to be. What could drive someone to crave such 'revenge' on him? Lee could not understand it. But, sometimes people are sick like that. The leaf village ninja glanced back over to Gaara. His cheery expression now returning.

~A few hours pass, the sun begins setting, the scorching village begins to cool. The piles of work are depleted, and Gaara was just now getting up from his seat.~

The focus of the room was immediately turned back to Gaara, who was only now getting up from his seat. "It is late, We should get you settled into your apartment where you will be stay." The red haired kage insisted. He new, but familiar, guard obliged. "Of course, lord Kazekage." Gaara glanced over to his friend. No inherent emotion being displayed on his face as he stared, "Lee you don't need to call me that. After all we are acquaintances. Please call me Gaara." Lee felt a tinge if embarrassment, "Oh, um of course! Sorry, Gaara-kun." He exclaimed. The two then made their way out of the room. Once they were outside, the still yet cool air greeted them. Gaara took in a deep breath- the fresh air filling his lungs. "The building you are in is right next to my residence. Feel free to meet me there in the mornings." The smaller adult stated, "Sure thing." Lee replied. The rest of the walk was rather silent until they made it to the front of a nicely decorated apartment. Gaara pulled a key from his pocket, and handed it to Lee. "Your room is number 57. First floor." He simply stated and then turned to leave, "Uh, Thanks. See you tomorrow Gaara!" There was no response. Only a small hand gesture in a reply. Lee watched a few moments longer as the other walked off. Once Gaara was farther off, he walked into the nicely furnished building. He checked into the residence, his bag starting to feel heavier on his back. After a few minutes of searching, the male eventually got to his apartment. Lee unlocked the sandy door, and entered the dimly lit residence. There was furniture, some fruits on the kitchen table, and other typical house items. The windows were open, and the moonlight was creeping into Lees new home. This wouldn't be a bad place to stay for a while. It was actually really nice.

Lee entered, closing and locking the door behind himself. He didn't waste time turning on any lights, and immediately set down his luggage. The ninja stretched, and made his way to the washroom. It wasn't long before he was taking a nice, cold shower. The water hitting his tan, and scarred up skin. He was he ships body, hair, etc and soon stepped out of the tub. After this he put on some fresh under garments, and headed to bed. He planned on unpacking tomorrow. For now, he needed rest. Today had been long, and very tiring. He also needed to be in top shape to protect his dear friend, and the Kazekage, Gaara.