PhantasyDreamer: Okay I'm back today with the last chapter of Date with Rock Lee. I want to say thank you all for the reviews. Just a little note this chapter is pretty long 21 pages in MS, I kinda lingered in the beginning and lower part of this chapter. But anyway, please be patient and read and enjoy this last chapter. I hope you guys will like it.

I don't own Naruto at all or the proverb listed below. Again I hope I didn't write it wrong. Maybe one day I can own something as great as it. Enjoy!

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Date with Rock Lee

Chapter 4: Phase four Romantic walk home

Last time: "Sakura…" he stated with his dark eyes glaring at her, "I…"

Before he could finish his statement Sakura pressed her lips gently to his, eyes closed and all. In shock he stood still not knowing what to do. Before long he kissed her back pulling her close towards his body as he placed his bandaged hand around her waist. Sakura tiptoed a bit while encircling her arms around his neck enjoying every moment of the kiss.

The story continues...

As young people we don't always cherish the simple gifts and treasures we have in life that is until it's gone. A small proverb that states you never miss the water till the well runs dry, defines the feelings of Sasuke Uchiha during this difficult stage of his life.

Sakura continued to play flirtatiously with Lee's bowl shaped hair while still clinging desperately onto him. They kissed passionately under the now slightly dimming sunset. Lee held onto Sakura possessively as if to let the world know that she was his. If one had seen them they would think they were madly in love. After a few more seconds they parted due to lack of air. The pink haired kunoichi rest her head on his shoulder while gazing at him lovingly. And she said a kiss was just a kiss.

"Oh…Lee." she whispered while gazing at the nervous look on his face.

"Sakura…" he whispered trying to take her arms from around his neck, "I-I…got to…Sakura I have to go."

He slowly pushed her away and rushed out of sight leaving her standing there. She stood still in her spot gazing dreamily down the path he had disappeared.

'Lee.'

As soon as he was out of sight she sat down on the bench with a dreamy look on her face. Who would've guessed Lee had so much passion? She held her hands to her face thinking hard on what just happened. For a minute she completely forgot about her feelings for Sasuke and all that mattered was Lee. Sighing she looked at her small hands. Could she really lose her feelings for Sasuke so quickly because of one kiss? Closing her eyes she frowned at the feeling that was creeping up inside of her.

"Sakura." a voice rang surprising her.

She gasped and then looked at him with a calm face.

"Oh hi Kakashi-sensei!" she smiled with her hands buried in her lap.

The tall silver haired Jounin sat down beside his student crossing one leg over the other sideways. He held his small orange book in his left hand as he turned to Sakura.

"Are you enjoying your date?" he asked curiously making her blush a little.

She exhaled and then gave him a wide grin.

"Yes sensei, I'm enjoying it a lot." she played nervously with her fingers, "Lee is a great guy. How did you know, Kakashi-sensei?"

"Everyone knows." he smirked under his mask, "But I'm sure he's a great guy. After all, I did see that big juicy kiss you just gave him."

He muttered turning back to his book.

"WHAT!"

Her green eyes widen in fear.

'He saw that? What if he tells Sasuke! Wait a minute, Sasuke wouldn't care! What about Naruto!' she thought biting her bottom lip harshly, 'What will he think? Wait a minute. Who cares what Naruto thinks! Did he just say everybody knows?'

"No need to panic Sakura, everyone is happy for you. At least you're not overly obsessing over Sasuke too much today."

He chuckled a little making her frown. She closed her eyes and then opened them to stare at her silver haired teacher whom was digging through his orange book once again. She couldn't figure out what was so great about the book anyway. Clutching the ends of her pink skirt she decided to ask him a question that had been bugging her.

"But sensei, how did everyone know about it?" she gave him a skeptical look.

"Lee told his teammates and eventually everyone else found out. But now I see you've become quite popular today." he sighed turning his gaze to the slightly dark sky.

It was a light shade of orange combined with a mixture of sky blue and gray.

"Oh I…" she paused not knowing what to say. She smirked at the thought.

'So that's how Naruto found out. He'll pay for what he did. You just wait and see Naruto! I'm gonna punch you tomorrow, so hard that not even your dog would recognize you. Wait a minute! He doesn't have a dog. Oh well, no one will recognize him when I'm finished with him!'

She smirked evilly causing her teacher to give her a cynical look. As soon as she realized he was staring at her curiously, she let out a sheepish giggle and then thought of what else she had to ask him.

"Kakashi-sensei, do you have a lot of experiences with relationships?"

She asked suddenly taking him by surprise. He chuckled again while rubbing his gloved hand through her pink hair. She growled slapping his hand away wondering if he thought she was Naruto. Besides did she look like a dog to him? Kakashi closed his book then folded his arms thinking hard on her question.

'Man, he just ruined my hair! Did he know how long it took me to curl these things?' she thought pulling on her pink locks while staring him curiously, waiting for an answer.

"Well…I could say I have some experience in that department. Some but nothing too serious of course." he smirked while tapping his chin, "What do you want to know?"

She sighed wondering if she should tell her teacher or not. Silence followed immediately after that. It was so thick that the tall Jounin wondered what was going through her head. He could only assume that she was afraid to tell him what was on her mind.

"Sakura you can trust me."

She gave him a nod and then began speaking.

"Is it possible to have feelings for someone so quickly? I mean I feel like I may have feelings for Lee after what just happened. Strong feelings. Am I crazy sensei? I know I like Sasuke but is this a sign? Am I falling for Lee?" she gave him a pleading look which only made him feel quite sorry for her.

He paused for a moment thinking of the best way to answer her questions.

"Hmmm…for one. That's your emotions talking there. Maybe you have some sort of friend like feelings towards Lee but they're not like the ones you claim to have for Sasuke. Am I right?" he asked as she nodded telling him to continue, "Your hormones are making you feel this way. At this stage in your life you'll be dealing with this a lot. I can only suggest that you concentrate more on your training for tomorrow. But don't worry about it, I'm sure you'll figure out your true feelings in due time."

He stated as he made his way to his feet, tucking his orange book in his back pouch. The pink haired girl got up as well turning to her teacher whose back was facing her. She let out a deep breath that she was holding in. He was right but something else was still bothering her. And she knew that if anyone knew what was going on it would be her teacher, Kakashi Hatake, the copy ninja.

"Before you go sensei. Do you know where Sasuke and Naruto are?"

"I can't say I've seen them today. But Naruto was supposed to help me with the activities at a small booth during the festival today but he never showed up." he stated with a shrug, "My guess is that Naruto is at his favorite ramen shop and Sasuke…well Sasuke should be at home moping."

"Moping? Why would Sasuke be moping?" she looked at him, concern lingering on her face at the mention of Sasuke.

'Still hooked, aren't we Sakura?' he thought slyly.

Kakashi turned fully towards Sakura with a slight smile on his masked face.

"Sorry I can't disclose that information." he winked his right eye that was exposed, "Just remember what we talked about Sakura. Plus, according to my book 'Make Out Paradise' hormones are the leading causes of teenage preg-. Oops, wrong line there."

He chuckled making the young pink haired ninja cock her eyebrow in shock.

"What?"

"I think I should leave now, take care." he replied as he disappeared with a puff of smoke.

She contemplated on what he had just said. For a minute she didn't quite catch what he meant until he was already out of sight. Sakura clenched her fists in fury when she finally understood what he was saying.

"KAKASHI-SENSEI!"

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Lee ran as quickly as he could, stopping for a minute by a tree. Never had he been kissed so passionately before. After all, that was his first kiss from a girl anyway. His hand stood firmly on the tree bark. A cloud of smoke escaped and there stood Sasuke Uchiha standing still with a large blush on his face, breathing heavily.

'What have I done? I was only supposed to distract her! Talk her out of it and then this happens.' he thought touching his lips, 'I was definitely not expecting her to kiss Lee, I mean me. She actually went to kiss Lee, I mean me in the form of Lee. Then that means…that means there's a possibility that she likes…'

"Sasuke!"

The dark teal haired boy turned towards his blond teammate standing straight up. Naruto gave him a questionable look wondering why he looked so flustered. He could only think that it was one thing. But Sasuke won't do that. Would he?

"Sasuke, what happened?" Naruto asked, anger growing in his voice.

"I…" he paused feeling nervous by the minute.

He bowed his head slightly letting his bangs touch his navy blue shirt while turning his eyes from his teammate whom seemed to be frustrated at the moment. He could tell by the tone of his voice that he had an idea of what was going on. Sure Naruto was crazy, loud, weird and a bit dense at times but he wasn't stupid. He could see that something was really up and he wondered if what he thought actually happened. The dark teal haired boy turned his attention upwards to his blond teammate, to see him growling with clenched fists.

"TELL ME!" he yelled shaking his fist violently, "Don't tell me you kissed her Sasuke! You know that wasn't apart of the plan. Besides since, when do you like Sakura anyway?"

Sasuke gave him a harsh glare wondering why he would think such a thing, although it was quite obvious by the look on his face. Sighing in anger he decided to answer his teammate.

"I didn't kiss her." he whispered remembering what just happened a few seconds ago as a speck of sweat slid down his cheek, "She kissed me. Look I barely had time to react before she lunged at me!"

Naruto squint his eyes while folding his arms. He just didn't get it. Something was not right. He wondered why Sasuke wasn't angry since he claimed that Sakura was so annoying. He thought the young Uchiha boy would be mad that something like this had happened instead he seemed quite contented but tried his best to mask it somehow. Silence grew between the two boys as they glared at each other. Sasuke thought it was best to avoid the question that would soon be coming his way. He could see in Naruto's eyes that he wasn't too convinced with his statement. The dark teal haired boy clenched his fist as his teammate draw closer towards him.

"What did you do? Did you kiss her back?" the blond asked gripping him by his blue collar pulling it upwards.

Sasuke scoffed turning his head the other way.

If Naruto knew the truth who knows what he would do? Sasuke frowned, he couldn't decide if he should tell Naruto the truth or not. Besides he could get so angry and tell Sakura or he could keep it to himself in hopes of getting Sakura to like him more. Either way he couldn't risk letting Naruto know what really happened. The blond tightened his grip on Sasuke's navy blue shirt, making the dark teal haired boy growl in anger. Without warning Naruto punched Sasuke in the face causing him to fall to the floor. Sasuke immediately got back onto his feet staggering a little while giving his teammate a harsh glare.

'What's his problem?' he thought wiping dirt off of his slightly swollen face, 'It's not like I claim to be in love with her. And it's not like I have feelings for her at all. Do…do I have feelings for her? Wait why am I even thinking this?'

Sasuke growled, he actually felt like hitting him back but he decided to control his anger. He sneered at Naruto whom had a serious frown on his face.

"WELL DID YOU!" Naruto yelled panting loudly.

"Why do you care? The fact is she didn't kiss Lee, I think that's all that should matter." Sasuke stated stuffing his hands in his white pants pocket. He stood still in his position turning sideways and giving him a slight glare, "Just tell me you were successful in distracting Lee."

"I did but he got away before I could threaten him." he replied, clearly calming down as his fist made their way to his sides.

"WHAT!"

FLASHBACK

Lee ran as fast as he could in the opposite direction of Sakura heading towards one of the markets. He wasn't too far when he tripped on a rope that appeared out of nowhere and then disappeared before he had a chance to see what happened.

'That is the second time for the day. What is the meaning of this?' he thought as he made his way to his feet. He stood still as he gazed at the surroundings. His dark green shirt brushed lightly in the wind, 'Forget this! I have to get my Chap Stick and mints so that I can get a kiss from the most beautiful cherry blossom in the village. Whoohoo! Oh my Sakura I cannot wait till you kiss me tenderly! Then I shall be the luckiest guy in the Leaf Village to have kissed such a delicate creature. Heehee!'

Lee turned his attention to his left when he felt two chakra signatures coming his way. This time he knew it was the same ones as before. He got into a karate stance getting ready to attack his opponent.

"Leaf Hurricane!" he yelled spinning his body around in a circle with his arms and legs stretched out.

He stopped his attack to see an old man standing weakly in front of him. What made things even worse was that it was the same old man he saw at the festival.

'Hmmm, this is strange. What is this old man doing here?' he thought scratching his hair, 'Must I help him? Or should I just forget him? Think Lee. What would you prefer? Getting kiss by Sakura or helping an old man? Hmm. KISSING SAKURA! Forget the old man!'

Lee smiled widely as he continued running slowly passing the man.

"Good evening sir!" he yelled as he continued his journey towards the market.

"Good evening young lad." the old man replied sternly, his voice a bit shakily as he leaned steadily on his cane, "I'm sorry to bother you but I was wondering if you could help me with something."

Lee stopped in his tracks against his better judgment and turned fully to the old man. He could see the man smiling weakly and for some reason that made him feel quite bad. How could he leave such a poor man without aiding him?

"Anything. What can I do for you sir?"

"I have a major problem. I can't seem to move this box right over there." he muttered scratching his slightly bald head as he issued to a box that was near a tree.

Lee stopped walking for a minute before he made his way towards the tree. Something about this felt oddly familiar. He tried his best to push away the thought but a reassuring smile from the man made him walk towards it. As soon as he was standing in front of it the man began speaking.

"Can you help me young man? This shouldn't be such a heavy task for a young strong lad such as yourself." he chuckled a little creasing his crinkled face.

Lee grinned at his statement but then frowned immediately.

"I can but I need to be somewhere right now." he turned to see the man frown at his statement.

"Please young man. I really need to get this package to my family. It won't take long I promise." the man pleaded with a slight smile.

Lee nodded and then headed towards the package. He bent down to pick it up but before he knew it he heard a snapping noise and soon found himself trapped in a net. It wrapped around his body swinging him high into the air. Lee looked out from the net, squeezing his fingers through the holes to pry the net away so that he could escape. Lee growled at the figure of the old man who kept staring at him with a sly smirk.

"Got ya!" he grinned obviously acting like a little boy.

Lee glared at him and then scoffed in distaste.

"What is the meaning of this!" the bowl haired shaped boy screamed trying his best to pull through the net, "You tricked me you old man. Let me out this instant! You are not worthy of help you old prune! Once I escape this net of death I shall stop you with my youthful power!"

Naruto in the form of the old man grinned widely while holding his sides. Lee continued to struggle in the net, he was making progress with freeing himself when he heard a loud snap once again and immediately the net released sending him straight towards the floor. He yelled out in fear getting ready to brace himself for the impact to the grassy ground below.

SMACK

A loud punch could be heard throughout the area as Lee stood on the floor unconscious. The dark teal haired boy dressed in a navy blue high collar shirt and white shorts could be seen hovering over him. The boy clenched his fists tightly and sneered at the older guy whom had his face buried in the grass. A slight smirk spread across his face as he stared at the guy who was only one year older than he was. Grunting he gave him a slight kick on the shoulder and walked off heading towards his blond teammate whom had his mouth open in shock.

"Uh…hey Sasuke." Naruto stated turning back to his original self as he walked over to Sasuke whom had an evil look on his face, "Why did you have to hit him so hard?"

"Hm." Sasuke scoffed as he walked off, hands in his pockets.

He stood by a tree leaning on it with his right foot across the other. Naruto sighed as he proceeded to tying Lee around a large tree bark. After he was through he went to blind fold Lee to make sure that he was unaware of his captors. While Naruto was busy tying up Lee he turned to see Sasuke with his arms folded. He was grumbling incoherently to himself. The blond boy gasped when he could make out only two sentences that his teammate had said and for a minute it shocked him. Listening carefully Naruto heard Sasuke say:

"How dare he try to kiss Sakura? He will pay for trying to mess with my teammate."

Naruto looked on in disbelief.

'Did Sasuke just say that or am I dreaming?' the spiky blond thought as he finished tying the knot around the tree, 'I must be dreaming. Sasuke doesn't like Sakura. He's just doing this so that she won't be distracted on missions. Right? No way! He doesn't like her! No, no, no. I won't lose to Sasuke!'

Naruto shook off the crazy thoughts he was getting and called out to his teammate so that they could decide what would be the next course of action. After all, they knew Sakura was waiting on Lee and if she had to wait any longer she might find out what was really going on.

"Sasuke!"

"Shut up loser."

"So…" Naruto paused ignoring his comment.

Sasuke stood in front of Naruto with an annoyed look on his face. He turned to the unconscious Lee and then back to his teammate who had his arms folded and eyes closed as if pondering on what they could do next.

"You transform into Lee and distract Sakura. I'll deal with Lee." the dark teal haired boy stated sternly, cracking his knuckles.

Naruto gapped at him happily and then frowned. He was happy with the suggestion but he then remembered the agreement they had before they had knocked Lee out.

"No way Sasuke! Remember our conversation before. I'm not doing all of the work. I'll interrogate Lee." he scoffed, turning his head the other way and then back at him, "Besides as much I would like to steal a kiss from Sakura. I think you would be the best candidate, knowing you she would end up crying before you could even finish your sentence."

Sasuke growled at him.

'Steal a kiss?' he thought feeling his blood level rise.

"Naruto…did you try to steal a kiss from Sakura before?" he asked surprising Naruto.

The blond giggled sheepishly while rubbing the back of his head nervously.

"It shouldn't matter to you! She's not your girlfriend!" he retort angrily.

The dark teal haired boy sneered at him and then relaxed realizing that his teammate was right. She wasn't his girlfriend but that didn't mean that he wanted her to be kissed by Naruto. Closing his eyes, he decided to calm down before he lost control of his emotions. If he did, he would then have to finally admit to himself that he did in fact have some sort of feelings for the pink haired girl, even if it was just as a friend.

"Fine." he muttered as he crossed his fingers in front of his face, "Transform!"

Naruto laughed loudly at Sasuke's expression on his face. He didn't look like the pleasant Lee that everyone knew. Instead he looked like an annoyed Lee on the verge of killing somebody. Letting out an exasperated sigh, Naruto calmed down after his fit of laughter and turned to Sasuke who was sulking.

"Okay Sasuke before you go. Let's see if you can convince me that you are Rock Lee."

"Alright." he nodded and thought of what to say.

'I hope I don't make a fool of myself.' he thought bitterly.

"I am Rock Lee, the number one idiot ninja in the Leaf village!" Sasuke started rather harshly with a smirk while doing some karate kicks in mid-air. He stopped and then turned to his teammate, "…after Naruto that is."

'Acting like Lee is so exhausting.' he thought seeing the angry look on Naruto's face.

The blond boy growled rumpling his orange track suit.

"Why you!" he gritted his teeth before calming down, "No, No, No. Say something else! You could compliment her. Tell her how she looks. What would you say to compliment her?"

Sasuke gave his teammate a stunned expression. The question struck him hard. What would he say to compliment her? He had never done so before and would never, ever, ever think of saying something nice that would only make her annoy him even more than she already did. Frowning he gazed at Naruto, as if nervous to let the words out of him mouth.

"Uh…Sakura, you look good?" he cocked his eyebrow.

"No, you could tell her she looks beautiful." Naruto stated waving his arms in the air.

"That word is not in my vocabulary."

Sasuke grunted while folding his arms. Naruto then looked at him skeptically and began grinning. In his opinion his teammate was just…weird.

"Hmm, okay you could tell her, her eyes are as green as…hmmm." Naruto squint his eyes trying to think of the best words to say, "I got it! Her eyes are as green as the trees and her hair is as pink as bubblegum!"

"Bubblegum? I'm not going to say such nonsense."

"Remember you're pretending to be Lee not your boring self." the blond replied pointing accusingly at him, "You have to be more energetic. Say nice stuff even if you have to suck up to her. Do it! And then you can tell her something mean and whatever you do don't let her kiss Lee which is you. Got that?"

"Whatever."

"Oh and before I forget if she asks you why you took so long. Tell her you were massaging your lips."

"What? I'm not going to say that. Are you crazy?" the dark teal haired boy cocked an eyebrow at Naruto.

"No but if you want to sound like Lee you better say it." Naruto grinned as he turned around to head toward the unconscious Lee.

"Hm."

Was the only replied he got as Sasuke dashed out of sight.

'Wait a minute wasn't Lee wearing a dark green shirt?' he thought wondering why Sasuke was wearing a lime green shirt, 'Oh well, it's not like Sakura is gonna notice anyway.'

Naruto slowly made his way towards Lee who was awake at the moment. He couldn't tell if he had heard their discussion but he could see that he was trying to free himself from the rope although he was still blindfolded.

"Let me go this minute!"

"Sorry Lee, I can't do that." Naruto replied, trying to conceal his voice.

"Who are you?"

"I'M YOUR WORST NIGHTMARE!" he cackled loudly making Lee sweat drop.

Naruto calmed down for a minute and turned towards Lee who stopped struggling for a second.

"W-What do you want from me?" the bowl haired shaped boy asked feeling rather nervous for the second time today.

"All I want is for you to stay away from Sakura!"

"Why? Who is she to you?"

"My soul mate." Naruto grinned widely, still concealing his voice.

"Is that all? Really? Wait a minute! Sakura does not have a soul mate except for Sasuke Uchiha who she desperately cares about but he does not want her." Lee stated harshly cringing at the thought of Sakura loving Sasuke so much.

He slowly slipped a small razor from his pants pocket and dropped it into his hands. He took his time as he rubbed it against the rope slowly breaking its hold on his arms. He sighed as he bit his lip. He still had a long way to go.

"Whatever." the blond spoke once again, "Now for your punishment. I'm gonna give you a whole lecture on ramen."

"Huh? Ramen?" Lee cocked his bushy eyebrow.

"First of all let's talk about the importance of ramen. Ramen is essential for the body, it contains various nutrients and vitamins and it gives the body energy." Naruto stated tapping his chin lightly, "Second of all, we'll discuss the different types of ramen. There are many different types of ramen but I like…"

Lee frowned as he continued to cut the rope. This conversation wasn't one he was interested in at all. All he cared about was getting a kiss from Sakura and by the looks of things that was not going to happen. He silently listened to the guy babble on and on about ramen and he soon came to the conclusion that it was indeed Naruto that had held him hostage. He just couldn't figure out why.

Twenty minutes later Naruto was still talking about ramen and Lee was getting frustrated by the minute. He had finally gotten the rope to burst and for some reason Naruto didn't notice.

"And last but not least is my favorite ramen, miso ramen. It's the greatest I just don't like-"

"Naruto, why are you doing this?" Lee asked interrupting him while standing firmly on his feet.

The blond turned around shocked at the question. He gapped when he noticed that Lee was free from the ropes.

"W-What? Lee, how did you get free?"

Lee took the navy blue blindfold off of his eyes as he gazed angrily at Naruto. The blond began chuckling loudly while rubbing the back of his head.

'This is not good.'

"Naruto, I will ask again. Why are you doing this?" Lee clenched his fists trying his best to hold his temper.

There was immediate silence, one because Naruto didn't know how to answer that question. Sure he knew the reason but he didn't felt like Lee should know about it. After a few more seconds he decided to tell him the truth. Lee proceeded closer towards Naruto coming immediately in front of his view, just a few feet away. Naruto grumbled a bit as he got ready to tell Lee the truth.

"I can't help it Lee! I can't let you get too close to Sakura!" he yelled waving his hands in the air like a mad man.

"Why? Why not?"

"I don't want to risk Sakura falling for you." he bowed his head in shame causing Lee to let out a soft gasp.

He didn't want to risk Sakura falling for Lee? The thought only made Lee feel much better than he felt when he first asked her for a kiss and she declined. He had felt so heartbroken but now knowing the fact that her teammate was afraid that she could start liking him, only gave him hope. The bowl haired shaped boy sighed, trying his best to hide how excited he felt.

"Really? You really think she could fall for me?" a large smile broke out on his face as he stared at the spiky blond.

"Well I'm trying to prevent that!"

"I cannot believe this!" he stated quickly as he moved from Naruto's view, "I have to go to Sakura now."

"Wait!" the blond yelled blocking his view, with his arms stretched out, "I can't let you do that!"

Lee bowed his head while closing his eyes. He didn't have time for this. He had to get back to Sakura before she wondered if he had deserted her.

"Sorry Naruto but I do not have anymore time to waste." he stated sternly as he used his speed to rush out of sight before Naruto could stop him.

END OF FLASHBACK

"So, that's what happened!" Naruto gazed at his teammate with a solemn look on his face.

"Hm. I didn't expect him to get away that easily." Sasuke folded his arms in anger.

He wasn't planning on Lee getting away or in that type of fashion. He also didn't know if he was able to pull of acting like Lee again. He just wanted to ruin her date but no matter what they did. It seemed that she was beginning to like Lee and there was nothing they could do about it. Frustrated Sasuke slammed his fist into the tree. His blond teammate eyes widen in fear wondering what was going through his mind. Naruto waited patiently to see what else Sasuke had to say on the topic.

"Now, what are we going to do?" he asked, staring at his bloody hand.

"What are we gonna do!" Naruto yelled vibrantly. He gave a slight chuckle making the Uchiha boy more annoyed than he already was, "I don't know what you're gonna do but I know what I'm going to do. I'm gonna go eat RAMEN!"

Sasuke gasped as he saw Naruto turn to run away with a large grin on his face. He could hear him yelling 'ramen' in the distance.

"NARUTO! GET BACK HERE!"

'That's what I get for teaming up with that loser.' he thought as he walked away to spy on Sakura once again.

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Sakura got off the bench as soon as she saw Lee running in her direction. She quickly fixed her brown sandals and turned to him. She blush a little as she remembered the kiss. The pink haired kunoichi couldn't help it but she then remembered what her teacher had said to her. She walked slowly up to Lee who had a weird look on his face. He couldn't help but wonder why his date was blushing like crazy. Was it the expression he had on his face? Or did something happen that he wasn't aware of? Clasping her hands in front of her face, she stared at Lee nervously.

"Lee…" she paused turning her eyes away from him, "I…I'm sorry. I'm sorry about the kiss Lee. I didn't mean for it to go that far. I guess I kinda got carried away. We're still friends, right?"

She gave him a pleading look making him feel nervous.

'Kiss?' he thought a bit confused.

Sakura frowned. She could see the confusion in his eyes and for a minute she wondered if he had forgotten what had happened only a few minutes ago. A slight eerie wind blew around the young couple as they stared at each other. Sakura, waiting for the bowl haired shaped boy's comment and Lee wondering what she was talking about.

'Lee say something you're making me nervous.' she thought, biting her lip harshly.

"What kiss?" he asked suddenly making her turn red immediately.

"What do you mean what kiss?" she asked, anger trailing heavily in her voice as she placed her hands on her hip, "I just kissed you, very passionately if I might add."

He gasped. Eyes widen not knowing what to say. He gulped, finally finding his voice to answer her. He thought hard and realized that Naruto indeed had something to do with this.

"But Sakura, I did not kiss you."

"What?" she shrieked, feeling her legs shake beneath her.

She stepped back a little feeling light headed.

'If I didn't kiss Lee then who did I kiss?' she thought trying to control herself, 'W-What…What if I kissed N-Naruto!'

"Do not panic Sakura. I am sure it was not a random stranger you kissed. It could be someone you know." he winked at her making her flinch at the thought of kissing some stranger.

Thoughts kept pouring through her head. Who could she have kissed? She wondered if he was old or worse. Did he have buck teeth or did he have big pout lips she never noticed? Was it a young boy who disgusted himself as Lee? Or was even much worst, was it NARUTO? She gazed at Lee nervously as he stretched out his hand towards her. She took it and gazed up at him on the verge of tears.

He placed his bandaged right hand on her right shoulder causing her to let out a light squeak. Her emerald eyes held confusion and fear as she stared at her date.

"Let us go Sakura. It is getting late." he replied with a slight smile.

She nodded as she went to pick up her gifts from the bench and began walking in the opposite direction to head towards her home. The walk to her house was silent. Too silent for her liking but she couldn't help it. She had kissed someone who was not Lee and now she felt bad. It was worst that she had voluntarily given her first kiss to Lee but finding out that it wasn't Lee in the first place made her feel sick to her stomach. What if her friends found out? Or worst Sasuke? She sighed. She had to admit that her teammate had been acting strange since this morning but after not seeing him since the picnic she thought nothing of his strange behavior.

She turned her attention to Lee who was smiling a bit.

'Does he know something he's not telling me?'

Guilt was planted firmly within her as she gazed at Lee who was holding her hand. She just had to tell him the truth about her discovery and the reason for her actions. Who knows she might feel better about what happened?

"Lee…" she paused.

"Yes Sakura."

"I'm sorry…forgive me please." she bit back tears while his dark eyes stared her warmly, "I'm sorry for using you and playing with your emotions. I guess that's why you wanted to kiss me. I'm sorry if I made you think that we could be more than friends. It's just that Naruto was spying on me and he was trying to ruin this date and I didn't want that."

She stopped for a moment letting him absorb the information. He nodded telling her to continue.

"I was just trying to get back at Naruto for trying to ruin my first date. Please forgive if I lead you on in anyway."

The pink haired girl looked up at Lee to see him smiling widely.

"No worries Sakura, you can use me anytime." he chuckled before realizing what he said, "I-I mean it is okay."

She giggled a little as they continued to walk passing an ice-cream vendor. Lee went to buy one for her since she wanted to eat ice-cream the day before. After getting turned down by Sasuke he figured he should at least just grant her wish. She gave him a genuine smile as they continued to stroll through the town hand in hand heading towards her house while eating their ice-cream. Sakura looped her bag strap through her right hand where she also held her ice-cream. Her left hand was held by Lee. By the time they reached her house it was completely dark and they had finished their ice-cream.

"Well thanks for a great day Lee." she giggled a little holding her purse and bag tightly in her grasp, "I had fun and it was quite…interesting despite the few accidents that happened at the festival."

Lee nodded with a slight grin.

"Yes." he chuckled a bit at her statement, "Thank you Sakura. You have made my day." he smirked as he turned to leave.

Sakura stopped him, putting her bag on the ground. She gave him a huge hug which he returned. She then gave him a quick peck on the cheek and then waved goodbye, heading into her house. Slowly opening the door and closing it, she leaned her head on the door.

"Wow. What a day." she sighed, playing lightly with her pink locks.

She turned back around and locked the door behind her before heading further into her house. She placed her bag on the ground and took out her trophy she won at the dance contest to admire it. Luckily her parents weren't returning from their mission until the next morning so she won't have to worry about them asking about her date. After what happened earlier she didn't want to have to relive that. In a quick motion she flicked on the switch. Immediately the room was illuminated.

"Things were just crazy today. I can't believe that happened." she walked slowly towards a table getting ready to place her prize on it, a slight smile on her face..

"What happened?" a voice rang, instantly scaring her.

Immediately her trophy fell to the floor leaving a loud clinging noise to evaporate throughout the house. She was scared. More scared than she had been on missions. Not only was she alone but she wondered why she had not sense the person's chakra. Sweat slid down the side of her left cheek as she searched frantically for her shuriken holster. Unfortunately it wasn't even in the living room but in her bedroom.

"W-Whose there?" her voice was hoarse as her eyes dart crazily around the room.

Out of the shadows emerged her teammate Sasuke Uchiha. She gasped upon seeing him. Besides, what was he doing in her house anyway?

"S-Sasuke?"

"What happened on your date?" he asked sternly, holding a mysterious smirk that surprised her as he moved swiftly towards her.

She gazed at him in shock.

"Sasuke, what are you doing here?" she asked, her emerald eyes shining with shock and excitement.

'What is he doing here?'

Sasuke scoffed as he stood in front of her, glaring deadly at her.

"That shouldn't matter."

"Sasuke…" she gulped nervously, her hand to her chest as he stood just a few feet in front of her, "What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be at home moping like Kakashi-sensei said?"

He glared at her.

'Now where would she get such a crazy idea from? Hmm, stupid Kakashi.' he frown at his thoughts.

Sakura's eyebrow twitched in irritation. At another time she would be happy to see her crush here but she just wanted to know his purpose for sneaking in her house. Besides she was really tired and wanted to get a good night rest to prepare for training tomorrow. Did something happen to her blond teammate or teacher? After a few seconds of uneasy silence, Sasuke decided to break the silence. After all, he was in her house and she did indeed need an explanation no matter how much she liked him.

"I came to warn you." he replied quickly.

"Warn me? Why?"

"Your date…your date with Lee, it should be your last." he muttered touching her shoulder lightly.

She jumped at his touched and looked to her left to see him standing there with a frown on his face, eyes forward.

"What? How could you say that!" she asked wondering why he would say such a thing, "Lee's my friend."

She was clearly angry but she knew she didn't have the heart to lash out at her crush. No matter how harsh his words she still loved him. Creasing her brows she continued to wait to see what else he had to say.

"I don't think it's wise for you to date Lee again." he stated even harsher than before.

She could feel him squeeze her shoulder tightly as if telling her he was serious.

Her emerald eyes turned slightly to her left to see his death glare. She could only wonder why he even cared if she dated Lee or not. She didn't remember him ever acting like he cared for her before, except on missions when he would rescue her from danger. Besides that he mostly acted as if he hated or couldn't even stand being around her. And now he was in her house lecturing her about dating a friend of hers.

"Sasuke, I don't understand. Why are you saying this?" she bowed her head a bit.

Sakura squeaked while breathing heavily at the way he was squeezing her shoulder.

"Sakura you're weak and pathetic. I know that your feelings would start to grow for Lee and that would only leave your teammates in the shadow." he took a deep breath, taking his hand off of her shoulder, "If you continue to date Lee it will only make you even more fragile than you already are thus causing you to be a burden to us and a hinder to not only the team but to me."

"S-Sasuke…" she paused shivering a bit at his harsh words, trying her best to hold her tears, "I don't know why it should matter to you. You act as if you care. But why? Why say this?"

He scoffed ignoring her response. He knew for once that he wasn't going to let anything she said faze him.

"Your pathetic emotions will get in the way making you distracted. The point is you'll just annoy me even more."

Her head shoot up immediately. She'd annoy him more? But why? Thoughts were just running through her head.

'Why does he hate me so much?' she thought letting her tears fall on her black shirt.

"Sasuke…" she turned around to see that he had disappeared, leaving the door slightly ajar.

'Why?' she thought as she locked the door and then rushed upstairs to her bedroom.

Sighing out loud she changed into her pajamas and cried herself to sleep. Once again she was considered weak.

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Sasuke frowned as he looked at the river below while standing on the bridge, his arms rested on the railing. A soft breeze blew around him slightly calming his emotions. He didn't know what came over him last night when he gave Sakura that long lecture but he couldn't bare the fact of her getting closer to Lee. Closing his eyes he thought on how he had heard her cry herself to sleep. He had to admit he felt a tiny bit of guilt but it wasn't a lot to make him rethink his actions and apologize. Being as bored as he usually was he waited till she was finally asleep to head to his home.

'Do I like Sakura? I mean why did I even say those things? No. I don't like her. I just don't want her to be with Lee. But why?' he thought curving his hands in a fist, 'I just don't want her to be with that guy because somewhere deep down inside I care for her as a friend. Stupid emotions, they make me sick, weak and pathetic! I hate emotions!'

He stopped his train of thoughts when he heard giggling. Sasuke growled turning his attention to the left when he saw Sakura waving at Lee and then proceeded to walk towards the bridge. She was wearing her usual scarlet dress and Lee in his regular green spandex suit. Frowning, the dark teal haired boy couldn't believe that she had ignored his lecture. After he took so long to make sure he said the right things, trying to make her angry enough so that she would listen.

"Morning Sasuke." she replied solemnly, walking fully onto the bridge.

"Hm." he muttered, averting his gaze from her.

A few minutes passed by and soon their blond teammate came running towards them with a grin.

"Hey Sakura! I heard about your date! How was it!" Naruto yelled smiling brightly at her.

The pink haired girl twitched her eyebrows in anger while slamming her fists in her hand.

"NARUTOOOOO!" she yelled punching him in the mouth causing him to land harshly on the bridge floor, "Don't you dare act innocent with me Naruto! How dare you spy on me while I was on my date? How could you? How could you try and sabotage my date!"

Tears were in the corner of her eyes as she panted loudly, arms stretched out ready to strike again.

"H-H-How did you know?" he asked wiping his mouth while taking a quick glance at Sasuke.

Sasuke bowed his head in shame.

'So she did know. Naruto you better not mess this up.'

"And tell me why did you disguise yourself as Lee to kiss me!" she cracked her knuckles preparing herself to beat some common sense into him, "How could you? I didn't deserve that. No matter how weird Lee is, he's still my friend and I'm your teammate. I didn't deserve that, Naruto!"

The blond kept his mouth open in shock, still sprawled out on the bridge. Slowly making his way to his feet he grunted while looking at Sasuke.

'Sasuke say something. Help me out here. It was your idea to begin with.' he thought looking at his friend who was on the verge of tears.

"Answer me Naruto! Why did you kiss me!"

Naruto closed his eyes in fear. He couldn't take it anymore. He was innocent. Sure he had accepted the idea and helped with the pranks but it wasn't right for him to take all of the blame.

"I care about you Sakura but that wasn't my intention. I didn't mean to hurt your feelings. I'm sorry Sakura." he muttered bowing his head.

The pink haired girl scoffed distastefully with an evil grin. She walked towards Naruto who looked up at her in fear. As much as he liked Sakura he wasn't willing to take another beating when he did nothing wrong.

"SORRY? No you'll be sorry when I finish cracking your-"

"It was Sasuke's idea! He kissed you not me!" he blurted out causing Sasuke's head to jerk upwards in shock.

Sakura turned to Sasuke who was glaring deadly at both of them. He gazed at Naruto with a look that could kill. She bit her lip feeling a bit light headed once again. Not only was she light headed but her legs felt weak as everything began to spin slowly around her. This was just too much to take in one day.

'Tck, sell out. He just had to open his big mouth. Why couldn't he just take the beating and shut up? Well there's no way I can back out now. It's time for the best performance of my life.'

"S-Sasuke is…is that true?" she asked with hope lingering in her eyes, "Is…Is it true that you…that you k-kissed me?"

He smirked as he leaned off of the rail seeing her blushing face.

"So, what if it is?" he responded, stuffing his hands in his pockets.

He walked up to her and then glared at Naruto who was to her left.

"Besides Lee's not the type of guy you belong with anyway." he paused exhaling deeply.

"Huh?"

"What are you saying Sasuke!" Naruto yelled, standing protectively in front of Sakura.

Sasuke turned his back to them while Sakura stood still with her hands high towards her chest trying her best to slow down her heart beat.

"Sakura deserves someone who's smart, cunning, mysterious and debonair, someone like me." he cocked his head back giving them a smirk.

Sakura and Naruto gasped at his statement.

'What?'

"Something must be seriously wrong with your head Sasuke. Have you been drinking?" Naruto asked, clearly not believing a word he said.

"No. The point is you can't date Lee anymore especially when someday you'll be the mother of my children." he quickly turned to walk away with a large blush on his face, "That's just something you need to think on."

Sakura stood still shaking violently, her dress blowing lightly in the wind as she clutched her head.

'Mother…Mother of…c-c-children? Is he serious?' she thought, blushing madly.

Slowly Sasuke began to walk away as Naruto gapped at the back of the young Uchiha.

THUD

Naruto turned to see Sakura lying on the bridge floor as if dead.

"Sasuke you idiot! Look what you did scaring Sakura with your horror stories!" Naruto yelled holding his teammates head in his arms.

The dark teal haired boy stopped for a moment and glanced back with a slight smirk.

'Why did I say that? Now she'll only leech to me more than before. Oh well, better me than Lee.' he thought as he continued to walk away.

"Sakura!" the blond yelled.

"Hi there!" a voice rang.

"Kakashi-sensei, Sakura won't wake up!"

The silver haired teacher chuckled a bit and then whispered something in his ear. Naruto then nodded and began yelling loudly.

"SAKURA WAKE UP INO'S KISSING SASUKE!" he yelled.

He looked down to see her still in her immobile position. He mumbled a nothing to his teacher. Kakashi tapped Naruto on his shoulder causing him to look up at him.

"Pick her up. We have training to do. She'll wake up eventually." Kakashi replied with a slight smirk.

'So the great Uchiha kissed Sakura. Now that's something I can blackmail him with.' he chuckled as he walked off leaving Naruto to pick up Sakura.

Naruto grinned as he slowly lifted his teammate from the bridge floor. She felt a bit heavy to him but he managed regardless. He gazed at her with a wide smile, blue eyes shining brightly.

'Oh one day Sakura we'll get married and have twenty children. Okay, Okay not twenty but twelve but that's the lowest I'm going!' he thought clinging to her as he ran to catch up to his teacher and miserable teammate, 'And you know what will happen to Sasuke? Well Sasuke, he'll grow old, be lonely and alone for the rest of his life!'

"Ha, ha, ha! That's right Sakura! Lonely and alone!"

The pink haired girl lay in her teammate's arms unconscious, luckily for them she would barely remember the conversation that took place moments before when she wake up. The only thing that would be fresh on her mind would be her date with Rock Lee and how much her head hurts.

The End

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Whew! That was a lot of work. It took me some time to get this finished. But I'm so happy that this is my first fanfic that is finally finished. I feel so proud. YAY! I can take a break and dance. Don't mind my childish behavior but I'm glad. After three years I have finished a story and it's not the one I was expecting. (I was hoping to finish my Sailor Moon fics first). I tried my best to keep Sasuke in character during this chapter so please don't tell me he's out of character. I can see him blurting something out like this. I think he can be mysterious.

Anyway I hope you guys really enjoyed this last chapter and the ending. I hate to end stories, if you see my profile you'll know what I mean so I hope this ending wasn't too bad. But the reviews are always appreciated, keep them coming. I feel good now. Please check out my other Naruto fanfic called "Sasuke's Love" it's great in my opinion if you like drama and action. Well got to go now. Review one last time to make me smile. –smiles- Lata!

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