God that was pretty made me cry...AND I DONT EVEN LIKE GAI!But i love great keep it up was great keep it up.

i loved it

Wow. I love it 'cuase it really captures the inner character, ya know? A lot of the fics don't portray the characters well, but yours did. You are an awesome writer!

hari-chan XD

Chaa!

Oh wow...the changes in Lee's voice were so abrupt...I loved it. The vivid and tangible emotion...this was an AMAZING piece of work from you!

Are you trying to make me cry? Oh yeah, it's angst... you're supposed to... Poor Lee-kun! Poor Gai-sensei!

Wow. That actually made me teary. Excellent work. The constant denial to every single statement was powerful. Tremendously effective. The only thing I think was out of place was his condemnation of Kakashi. If I remember right, he DOES respect him not only as a ninja, but as Gai's eternal rival, no?

Oh, gosh! That was sad... You have an interesting literary style. I liked it - very angsty.

...this is really sad... *sniffle* i may not like Gai, but i don't hate him ether. I respect him. He really is someone to look up to...it is the same with Lee...

*wipes tear off face* Lee was defently in character. He wouldn't want to beleive it. even if it was true, and he saw it with his own eyes, he wouldn't want to beleive it.(*chibi me in my head is crying a waterfall*)

POOR LEE! that must be horrible for him to lose his sensei who he copied and probably love like a father... poor lee.. but great story...i was so close to crying... i am going to check if you have anymore story...keep writing

Well, I said I'd read one of your stories, and I am. And after reading this, I think I'll read more. CAUSE THIS IS AWESOME.

You used fragments very well; it matches the short staccato of thought patters of when one loses a loved one. I can't imagine exactly how Lee would feel if Gai was gone: somehow, I always imagined them dying together. But really, what are the odds of that...

It reminds me in a quote from a story I read: "You were born, you lived a short while, and if you happened to be a shinobi you lived even shorter, and eventually you died." Painfully true.

Anyways, you kept everyone in character really well. Kudos to you.

Akiko (aka Girl Who Changes Her Alias A Lot)

This was superb. I would like to see where this goes. How Lee deals with his sesnsei's death.

DUDE THAT WAS FREAKIN AWESOME!

Did you know how long I've been waiting for a Rock Lee angst? I was even thinking to get off my lazy ass to write one myself! Chya. And you pulled it off beautifully.

It's hard to imagine Lee as anything but optimistic- yet you managed to characterize him well. I love how he tells himself to breathe, to gain normalcy and order in a [chaotic] world without Gai. Subtle, I like that.

The "conversation" in the beginning was suprising coming from Lee, and after a while, reading that part became tedious. However, I think that it came together after "Tenten cries. Neji looks pale." And the last sentence just hits it. It's when Lee can't deny it any longer.

Yay Lee angst!

whoa...that was so sad...really really sad. I'm not just saying that either. the way you captured lee's emotions was truly amazing. Even I couldn't have done it better myself. I was almost in tears. I know for a fact that when you lose a father figure and idol is hard on one person. Good job. Magnificent piece.

naash

Holy crap. This story is just amazihng.

Very good, you could turn this into an excellent story I think.