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From Create Your Own Story
You avoid Gai and the training grounds for a grand total of a week...eventually you do head back...and after a little encouragement are sucked into training along with his own students...you admittedly feel like a bit of a nuisance seeing how advanced they all are and how they need to hold back so you are able to keep up...You soon find yourself sticking closer to Lee than the other two...after all the vibes you get from him are very similar to Gai's.
As time goes by, your knowledge on future events eventually runs dry and you tell Tsunade as much, but never to despair. You had after all performed a great service to the village and you are given permission to stay.
With some serious training and help from the various friends you had made amongst the ninja...you are finally able to call yourself a bonafide kunoichi. And by the time those two years roll by; you have attained the rank of Chuunin as well as permission to teach at the academy. You sigh in frustration at the end of another typical day, you had just gotten through a particularly nerve-crushing lesson (it seemed like all the annoying ones had found their way into your class...oh, but you are a patient teacher and you love your students). You hurry to pack up your things and leave, eager to get out and relax.
Not quite in the mood to head back to your apartment just yet, you decide to take a leisurely stroll through town.
A lot of the shops and stalls have started to close but that doesn't stop you from taking a peek at those that are still open. For the moment a stall selling various hair accessories has caught your attention. You sigh at the sight of the pretty hairpins...ever since you could remember you've had a fascination with them...but you could never really wear them since they never anchored into your hair properly and would slip or fall off within minutes.
"Will you be buying anything young lady?" The stall-owner asks.
You're the type who feels guilty for taking a long look at a stall or shop's merchandise and then leaves without buying anything. "Oh...um..." You hastily look around at the objects before you settle on a pair of simple but still pretty hairpins...if you aren't able to wear them yourself at the very least they will make a good gift for someone.
"I'll take these..." You say and pay for the items in question...
You now have a small paper bag in hand and are headed towards your apartment...now that most of the shops have closed there's hardly any point in sticking around...that is until...
"Kimiko-san!" An all too familiar voice calls from behind.
You turn and smile at the approaching Gai and Lee.
"Hi." You greet them. "It's been a while."
You had stopped training with them more than a year ago...it was just a tad too intense for you...you just do your own thing now.
"How have you been, Kimiko-san?" Lee asks...you are quite good friends with him but he has yet to drop the honorific.
"I've been doing alright...the kids keep me busy...how are you?" You respond.
"I have been doing very well! Gai-sensei and I have been training very hard!" Lee exclaims fire in his eyes.
You giggle, "I believe you...I better get back to my apartment, I've got classes tomorrow."
"Lee!" Gai suddenly speaks up. "It is not proper for a man to allow a young lady to travel on her own unescorted!"
"Of course! You are right Gai-sensei!" Lee agrees enthusiastically and starts scribbling down some notes.
You watch the entire display with a blank expression...you had wandered through Konoha at night on your own more times than you can count...it's not like you are completely useless that you'd need protection...
"Yosh! Lee will escort you home Kimiko-san! I have some matters that need tending to!" He flashes his student one last smile and thumbs up...and just like that he's gone.
You sigh, "Alright Lee...let's get going." Then a thought comes to mind. "Let's make it a race." He had been to your apartment once before so you're sure he'd know the way.
"A race? Ah, Kimiko-san what a perfect way to incorporate training in your day to day activities!" Lee remarks enthusiastically as you just smile.
"Alright...ready, set...GO!" And with that you're both off!
You're very sure that Lee could have easily outrun you but seeing as he is supposed to escort you he runs at an even pace by your side...you run as hard as you can not wanting to force Lee into too slow a pace (slow by his standards at least).
You're completely out of breath by the time you reach your apartment...through some inexplicable reason Lee had tripped moments before reaching the destination...you suspect that he did it in order to let you win since there wasn't anything to trip over...
"Ah, congratulations Kimiko-san! You win!" Lee remarks cheerfully now back on his feet.
"You didn't have to do that, Lee..." You respond with a smile, "Still...thank you in either case..."
Lee laughs nervously, "Ah, no problem Kimiko-san..."
You hesitate slightly by the door...and look back at Lee...
"Um..." You fumble with your keys a little. "Would...Would you like to come in for a little while Lee?"
"I don't know, I have a lot of-"
"Please? Just for a little while?" You ask.
Lee smiles back at you, "When a pretty girl asks me so nicely, how could I possibly refuse?"
And with that both you and Lee enter your apartment...
Unbeknownst to you, you've had a little audience for some time now...
Hidden by the darkness and nearby shrubs, Gai had witnessed the entire exchange...not that anything overly exciting had happened but it was enough for the man to be in high spirits.
"I knew you could do it Lee!" He proclaims to the heavens with stars in his eyes. "This is why you are my most favorite student."
"Yare yare...playing matchmaker Gai?" A certain masked ninja remarks not five centimeters next to him.
"Ka-Kakashi!" He hadn't even noticed his rival's presence.
"Pity it's too dark to read here..." Kakashi goes on without taking note of the other man's outburst.
"Ah, I know they will be the perfect youthful couple!" Gai sighs rivers of joy streaming down his face.
Kakashi gives him a blank look...he himself cares for his students and what happens to them...though he cannot say that he'd go as far as Gai.
"If I were you I'd think about playing matchmaker for yourself rather than your students..."
Gai stiffens at the remark...this is a point in rivalry that he exceedingly failed at...for some reason Kakashi always managed to attract more girls than he did...
"I'll have you know." Gai chuckles. "That that same young woman who will soon be with my precious student Lee, professed her love for me two years ago!"
"Say what?" That certainly gets the copy-ninja's attention.
Certainly, there are strange people everywhere...and without a doubt even women who could be attracted to someone like Gai...but hearing about someone like you, a young girl who seems...a sane member of society...liking nay loving Gai...definitely borders on the disturbing. Somehow he can't help but feel a little dejected...
About a year later...
Just as Gai had said, you and Lee are now in fact a couple.
He is very much like Gai but you know him well enough to know that he has a personality of his own that is all Lee. Lee adores you and tells you so every possible moment...and you can't be any happier with that arrangement.
You and Lee have taken to doing some running together in the morning...usually before you have to go to work at the academy and when he doesn't have a mission on.
Though lately...Lee has been gone on a lot of missions...it's been about three months since you've last seen him...and you miss him terribly.
And it doesn't do much good for your work either...currently; the students have taken to throwing balled up pieces of paper at you given your lack of response.
At the end of the day, you leave the academy with a grateful sigh...not that that would help you miss Lee any less...
You've started passing by the main gates before heading to your apartment in the hopes of spotting Lee...so far you'd seen nothing to get your spirits up...you turn from the gates with a sigh and trudge ahead on your now much longer route.
Then you hear it.
"Kimiko!"
You spin around at the sound of the voice you have been dying to hear for all these months.
"Lee!"
"Kimiko!"
"Lee!"
This continues as you both start running towards each other, arms spread wide.
However you both stop shortly before reaching each other...then you tackle Lee to the ground in a fierce embrace...Neji and Tenten observe you two with blank expressions...
"So youthful..." Gai sighs, once again there are rivers of tears streaming down his face as he is overcome by the scene before him.
"I missed you so much..." You mumble into Lee's chest...oblivious to the stares you're receiving.
"I missed you too, Kimiko..." Lee smiles and you get off of him.
Just as Lee gets back on his feet, Gai speaks, "Go ahead Lee, we'll report back to the hokage..."
"But Gai-sensei-"
"Don't worry, you can report to her in the morning." The older man interrupts and flashes you both a smile and thumbs up. "Now go and make full use of your youthful love!"
And with that Team Gai (minus Lee) departs.
Eager for some alone time with your boyfriend after him being away for so long, you latch onto Lee's arm and virtually drag him back to your apartment.
Lee seems a little taken aback by how...forceful you are being.
"K-Kimiko?" He stammers in mild confusion when you start attacking him with kisses before you've even made it through your apartment door.
If not for his taijutsu skills he probably would have fallen straight into the corridor when you suddenly swing the door open.
"Lee..." You smile sweetly at him...a faint pink tint coloring your cheeks. "I love you..."
Lee smiles back, "I love you too Kimiko..." He responds tenderly.
Just like that your facial expression changes...it almost scares him a little.
"Lee...I've been very patient."
"Yes, Kimiko?"
"...I want you out of that jumpsuit...now."
Elsewhere
In a hospital room.
An older woman sits by a young woman's side.
Two nurses watch her.
"It's so sad..." One of them says. "Her daughter has been in a coma for more than three years now...
The woman turns to look at them, "I...don't feel as bad about it as some of you might think..."
The nurses hastily apologize.
"She's been smiling a lot lately." The woman continues smiling tenderly at the young woman in the bed. "So...at the very least...I am glad that wherever she is...she's found happiness..."
Ending: 26
(A/N It seemed like a good point to end it at...I personally thing Lee is awesome. Thank you for reading!)
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