Before any of the kunoichi could start off their tale, there was a knock at the door. "I'll get it." Naruto got up from the couch and headed to the front to answer the door. Hanabi noticed the time on the clock resting on the small table in the living room and smiled to herself. She didn't need to activate her Byakugan to know who was behind the door. That particular visitor always came by to check on Naruto at the exact same time every day when Naruto had been in his brief coma. Although it would be entertaining to see Naruto's reaction to the visitor, seeing such a sight may seriously disturb the blonde shinobi. When that last thought came to mind, she came to the conclusion that maybe she should have gotten up instead to answer the door.
When Naruto opened the door, his eyes nearly bugged out at who had come by. He recognized the man by his ugly green outfit, his bad haircut, his seriously large eyebrows, his super clean sparkly teeth and his eyes which radiated his youthful power. A moment of silence passed before the man in green spoke. "NARUTO, MY ETERNAL RIVAL!!!!"
"AARRGGGHH!!!" Naruto fell back at the volume at which Rock Lee gave his greeting. "F-f-fuzzy brows?!?"
"Lee, you're scaring Naruto! Give him some space, will ya?!?" Sakura was at the blonde's side, helping him get up.
Rock Lee's youthful passion simmered down a bit as he complied with his old crush's request. "It is truly a welcome sight to see you up and about, Naruto!! I had confidence that your power of youth would prevail and allow you to awaken from that dreadful slumber!! That reminds me of something! I had been asked to pass along a message from Hokage-sama to you but it is now irrelevant since Naruto is up and about. In fact, I seem to recall that she has ordered you to report to her once Naruto is awake! I shall go see if she is occupied in any meetings and if she is not, then I will accompany you to see her! How does that sound?"
"Sure... whatever. Go nuts," mumbled the Kyuubi vessel.
"UOOOOOO!!! A truly hip response!! I expected nothing less from my eternal rival!!" Lee then dashed off to see what Tsunade was up to.
Ino could barely hold in her amusement. "Quite the experience, ne?"
"How the hell did I become rivals with fuzzy brows?" asked Naruto in a dazed tone.
"First, there's the four of us. Lee came to the conclusion that your youthful power far surpasses his since you were able to get the four of us to fall in love with you," explained Sakura.
"Don't forget the way Neji was able to convince Lee that Naruto would make a far superior rival to him. It was hilarious!!" Hanabi snickered as she clearly remembered how Neji had to force himself to speak dramatically to convince Lee that Naruto would be a greater rival. According to the Hyuuga Branch Member, the brief loss in dignity was worth having Lee off his back. In other words... 'better him than me'.
"Lee-kun has been adamant on keeping track of the score between himself and you," said Hinata softly. "For a while, he challenged you to many events from arm wrestling to breakdancing. Then the flood of challenges slowed down as he adopted a new student named Hideki Kai to focus his energy on."
Naruto could easily picture the trio of shinobi (being Rock Lee, Maito Gai and Hideki Kai) all having the creepy green appearance and giving the good guy pose. "... Kami help us all."
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