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Post by Rock Lee on Jan 15, 2011 1:22:48 GMT -6
^^^Rock Lee^^^
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ”All right, if I can not reach Ichiraku Ramen before Naruto or his teammates, then I will have help carry ever crate of ramen in the store for a month!”
Morning training was already over, and Lee was at it again with his rules. This time, however, it was not a simple training exercise. No, this time, it was something important! After providing assistance in his training with Neji, Lee had been invited by his newfound friend Naruto Uzumaki to meet the rest of his teammates. Lee, being the overenthusiastically friendly person he was, fully agreed to do so. Alongside his friendliness, expanding the circle of people he could train with would also help him become a better ninja. Naruto had already provided an excellent source of new strategies and ideas for him to work on; adding in his fellow teammates would provide even more possible ideas!
In this particular afternoon, Naruto had invited him to Ichiraku Ramen. Lee had been to the place before, but he did not have the complete adoration that Naruto had for it. Still, it was not a bad place to eat at, so Lee was perfectly fine with it. Besides, only two people worked there, correct? That meant it would take them a lot of time to carry boxes; hence his idea that he could use carrying crates for them as his rule! So everyone would win in this situation. Still, he had to get going; otherwise Naruto could beat him to the Ichiraku Ramen! With that in mind, he raced off!
With the twist and turns of the village, Lee was running over the rooftops. The jumping provided extra challenge to the situation obviously. However, soon a thought came to his mind, and Lee stopped and looked around. He had one small issue…he couldn’t remember where the Ichiraku Ramen was. Well, that meant he was going to have to go on by foot! Jumping off the rooftop, Lee was about to run off, but the smell of something cooking brought his attention. Turning around, he found himself facing…Ichiraku Ramen. Since no one else was around, it was safe to assume that he had beaten out Naruto and his friends.
”All right, victory belongs to me. However, what am I to do till Naruto and his friends arrive on the scene…”
Lee looked around, his eyes eventually focusing on a pole sticking out from a wall for a sign. That would work perfectly! Approaching the store owner, Lee asked if he could use it for some impromptu training until someone arrived. After getting a rather strange look from the people, they relented and let him use the pole. Thanking them, Lee began to use the pole to do pull ups. Within seconds, he had already headed towards the double digits. A few minutes later, however, Lee noticed someone had walked into Ichiraku Ramen. With one last yank, Lee flew upwards, and with a spin landed safely on the ground, both feet down. Without missing a beat, Lee introduced himself to whoever this was.
”Hello there, friend of Naruto. I am Rock Lee!” he said, smiling and thumbs up like normal. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
^^^Konoha’s Handsome Green Devil^^ [/font][/color][/center] |
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Post by Haruno Sakura on Jan 15, 2011 19:18:11 GMT -6
~~~Sakura Haruno~~~
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- In the streets of Konoha, Sakura gave out a small sigh. She really wasn’t sure why she was doing this request of Naruto’s. Apparently the other day he had met some guy he became friends with and had wanted her and Sasuke to meet up and introduce themselves. Admittedly, Sakura knew there was no way that Sasuke would go along with this; he was way too “cool” to meet one of Naruto’s friends….if there was anyone that was. For all she knew, this was just some big ridiculous prank on Naruto’s part. She wouldn’t put it past him to do something like that.
Still, here she was, making her way towards Ichiraku Ramen to meet up with Naruto. Maybe it was her just feeling some pity on him. After all, he had almost gotten burned by Sasuke during the bell test. Then again, so did she. So maybe it was just a feeling of comrade-ship forcing her to go along. That was what Kakashi-sensei had hoped they would work on, right? Or maybe it was just some odd mixture of both pity for Naruto, team-work, and, as much as she hated to admit it, friendship. There was just something about the idiot that grew on you. Sure, he didn’t have the skill or brains or coolness that Sasuke did, but he at least had heart and a sense of humor, twisted though it was.
That just left her other major concern; who was going to pay for this. She had a feeling that Naruto was probably broke. Considering she was the one who was offering the lunch, he should be the one to pay for it. Chances were though, he probably wasn’t. That would mean that she was going to have to pay for it unless this ‘friend’ offered to do so....Pulling out the pouch she kept her money in, Sakura began to count what she had when she noticed that there was a person doing pull ups on a sign. He was in a green jumpsuit of sorts and, well, overall, just looked kind of strange.
”There are some weird people in this town…” Sakura said, eyebrow raised. As it was none of her business however, she simply walked into Ichiraku to see if anyone was there yet. No one was around except the owners, who greeted her warmly (they probably knew that she was a friend of Naruto’s, their favorite customer). After being informed that no one had arrived yet, Sakura was about to just sit down when she heard someone jumping down from behind. Before she could turn around, however, the person had already begun to speak. Turning around though, she got a face to the voice,this…Rock Lee?
It was the guy from the pole a moment ago. And now that she could see his face, well, he definitely fit with what she thought a friend of Naruto’s might be like. He had this pair of big, bushy black eyebrows, and a bowl-shaped hair-cut. He also seemed rather excitable in his behavior, giving her a thumbs up and massive smile to greet her. She really didn’t know how to act to this guy, but she had to say something.
”He-hello. I’m Sakura Haruno, from Naruto’s team.” she greeted, nervous in the face of the strangeness that was this guy. Not nervous in a shy way though; more like a nervous in that she had no clue how to interact with such a person…. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Post by Uzumaki Naruto on Jan 16, 2011 2:40:50 GMT -6
Naruto was excited, that much anyone could tell. He hadn't been all to sure about Rock Lee at first, that was an understatement to be honest, but during their training session with Hyuuga Neji, he had grown on the guy. Sure, you could get past the eyebrows.. after ... A while. But the guy was pretty nice. So he had wanted the rest of his team to meet the guy. To be honest, Naruto didn't know that Sakura and Sasuke would come at all. He thought they would bale on him like they always did.
So Naruto hadn't really been expecting anyone to show up but Rock Lee, so he didn't really rush himself to get to Ichiraku's as quickly as he probably could of gone. The boy normally would of been there in a blink if it had been a time when he was starving, and he was pretty hungry now. The only real reason he wasn't in a rush was because he had to think of something to tell Lee. An apology he guessed for Sakura and Sasuke not showing up.
Even as Naruto walked nothing was really coming to Naruto's mind. He hated when this happened really. He didn't like looking like the idiot everyone thought he was. It was normally during situations like these that Naruto would always over guess himself and he would end up acting like an idiot. He had a frown on his face when he finally got within sight of Ichiraku's.
Instantly a smile brightened the blonde's face at the thought of eating the ramen he loved. Only then did his eyes catch a glimpse sign of pink hair. "Sakura?" he mumbled to himself dumbfounded. He couldn't believe she had actually come. His smile broadened as he ran the rest of the way to Ichiraku.
When he entered he saw Lee giving Sakura a huge thumbs up sign in greeting. Yeah... he would just have to see how Sakura would take that one.
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Post by Rock Lee on Jan 22, 2011 22:45:12 GMT -6
^^^Rock Lee^^^
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- As Lee moved to introduce himself with a simple thumb up to this person, he soon found himself stunned into place. This was Naruto’s female teammate, and with a twirl of her long, cherry-colored hair, Lee found himself instantly smitten with her. It all started with her hair, such long, carefully managed hair that smelled a little like the cherries that it was colored like. Even with a simple turn of the head it moved and bounced with youthful energy. All of it, of course, was framing a large, softly colored forehead. Behind its large size must have been a sharp-witted mind. Her confused, puzzled face showed curiosity and wonder; was she too smitten by his sheer, youthful energy as she nervously introduced herself? Why did Naruto not tell him that he had such a youthful specimen of beauty on his team?!
Of course, he had to say something now that he had caught the attention of the girl. What was it that Gai-sensei was always telling him? How was he to gain the heart of this cherry-haired maiden? Gai-sensei was always telling him to defend and protect those that he cared for. Would that be able to win over Sakura, showing her that he would be willing to fight till he died to protect her? Yes, that would serve as a perfect way to do so! Realizing that his face must have been showing a look of awe on it, Lee soon brought his arm back to himself and coughed for a moment to work up the courage. He was going to need all the youthful spirit installed into him by Gai for this moment…
”Sakura-chan, I will protect you with my life. Please, will you go out with me on a date?” ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Post by Haruno Sakura on Jan 29, 2011 17:33:42 GMT -6
~~~Sakura Haruno~~~
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- As Sakura stood there, she started to feel rather uncomfortable with this guy. He was just standing there, slack-jawed for some reason. Was something on her face? Touching it, she didn’t find anything. What was with him? It was kind of creepy to see this sort of thing, especially with those eyebrows. Seriously, how large could those things be? Did he ever like, try and tweeze them or something, thin them out? How could eyebrows be so naturally large like that? Before she could say anything about it though, the guy dropped a bomb shell on her………he just declared undying love for her and wanted to go on a date.
Now, the outer Sakura just stared at him, completely bewildered at the thought of it all and not sure on how to act. Inner Sakura, however, was starting to have a field day. There was NO WAY IN HELL she was going to on a date with this guy. Seriously, she just met him and he was already this direct and forward. While it was flattering, something about this guy was just OFF, and she wasn’t just talking about his eyebrows. This was the guy she had seen earlier on the pole; who the HELL does something like THAT?! He just gave off a vibe about energy that even NARUTO didn’t. If this guy had more energy than Naruto, there was no way in hell she was going to date him. Not that he didn’t seem like a nice guy, but he was just way to much to handle. Besides, she still had her heart set on Sasuke; she couldn’t date anyone else.
Still, she wasn’t going to go into an outburst like that. After all, this was more of a weird situation than something to get all upset over.
”N-no way. Sorry, I’m spoken for….”
With an awkward silence, Sakura hoped that Naruto would be…..and that was him standing right outside the ramen bar. A vein just popped in her head as she saw him; he had to have been standing there right when he said that stuff didn’t he? This entire situation could have been averted if Naruto just said hi. Twitching an eye, Sakura had to do something.
”Excuse me for a second Lee-san…..” she said as she stomped over towards Naruto. She really couldn’t smack him or anything right now, but she was going to make her feelings pretty clear.
”You’re lucky I’m wanting to be polite with your new friend right now, but next time you pull a stunt like that don’t expect me to go easy on you.” she said with an angry whisper. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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