"Umm…no," Sakura said in a deadpan voice.
Anime tears began to stream down Lee's face, "But why not?"
"Because you're weird," Sakura stated, causing Lee's shoulders to slump.
Naruto snickered a bit before patting Lee on the back, "There, there Lee. There are plenty of other fish in the sea."
Plenty of better looking ones too, He winced slightly as the thought crossed his mind and an image of Haku appeared. He promised that he would not let her death consume him, that he would move on but always keep her in his memories.
Sometimes it was hard to keep that mindset, but he was working on it.
Neji just sneered as he watched his teammates and the blond kid who occasionally trained with them. He turned his attention to Sasuke, "You, what's your name?"
"Hn," Sasuke smirked, "Isn't it considered proper manners to give your name before asking for someone else's?"
Neji scowled while Naruto stuck a fist in his mouth so he would not laugh. Leaning over he whispered to Tenten, "Looks like Konoha's number one emo-teme has finally met Konoha's number one snob in what's sure to be the battle of the century."
As Tenten giggled he looked back up to the two who were glaring at each other. Naruto leaned back and cupped his hands around his mouth to make a microphone, "Hey Neji! I'm sorry to inform you, but you're too late! Sasuke-chan has already found the love of his life in one of the Suna Shinobi here!"
"Shut up dobe!" Sasuke yelled. Meanwhile, Neji had activated his Byakugan and glared at the blond, who had gone back to ignoring them.
"That wasn't very nice Naruto-kun," Tenten said, though she could not help but let the small giggle escape, finding what he had said and the insult on the pair's sexuality to be hilarious.
Naruto raised an eyebrow as he looked at her in curiosity, "Since when did you call me '-kun'?"
Tenten blushed as she realized what she said. She did not get a chance to say anything however as Sakura grabbed him by the back of his cloak.
"C'mon baka! Let's go or we're gonna be late!"
"Hey!" Naruto ripped the pinkette's hand off of his clothes, "Hands off the merchandise pinky!"
Tenten watched Team Seven leave, shaking her head in amusement.
"Tenten!" Neji called, making her turn her attention to him, "Let's go before the exam starts."
"Oh right. I'm coming," Tenten began walking in Neji's direction before she stopped when she noticed her green clad teammate was standing still, looking in the direction Naruto's team had left in, "Lee, you coming or what?"
Lee who had not been following them turned and looked at her, "You and Neji may go on ahead, there is something I need to check out. Do not worry, I will catch up."
Teten looked at him for a moment before she shrugged and began following Neji.
Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura walked towards the set of stairs that were in front of them. However as the moved they saw Rock Lee standing on the next floor with a serious expression on his face.
"You, the one with the black eyes and bad attitude, I wish to challenge you," Lee jumped off the stairs and landed in front of them. "My name is Rock Lee."
The green clad Genin got into the beginning stance for what Naruto knew was the Goken, feet together with one fist tucked into his side and his other hand out in a 'bring it on' gesture. "You said it was common courtesy to give your name before asking for someone else's. Am I right?"
Sasuke smirked as he looked at the kid and gave him an answer, "Uchiha Sasuke."
"So it is true. You are this year's Rookie of the Year that everyone has been talking about. It would be an honor to fight you," Lee exclaimed.
Naruto groaned, "Listen Lee, I know you've wanted to beat the snot out of emo temes like him and Neji for a while now, but since he's my teammate I need him alive and in one piece alright?"
"Do not worry Naruto-kun, I will not hurt him too badly," Lee gave Naruto the nice guy pose.
Sasuke scoffed at the mere thought that the dobe thought he would be defeated, "Hn. You know my name and yet you challenge me? You must be dumber than I thought."
Oh great, there goes mister ego, Naruto sighed at how large Sasuke's head had been getting since he unlocked his Sharingan.
"I'll see you two up there, I have no desire to watch Sasuke get his ass kicked," Naruto left, not paying attention to Sakura screaming at him about how her Sasuke-kun wasn't going to lose.
As Naruto reached room 301 it was to find Kakashi standing outside the doorway, reading his smut.
"Kakashi-sensei? What are you doing here?" Naruto asked.
Kakashi looked up from his book and eye-smiled, "Oh I'm just here to wish you luck." He blinked for a moment as he noticed something, or rather someone's were missing, "Naruto, where are Sasuke and Sakura?"
Naruto shrugged, "Sasuke's getting his ass beat by your 'eternal rival's' clone." He chuckled as he watched Kakashi shudder, "And Sakura is probably cheering him on, or trying to help him up after his ass got beat."
As if on cue Sasuke and Sakura came up with the ladder looking worried and the former looking bruised.
"So…I can see how you really proved your superiority as an Uchiha," Naruto smirked.
"Shut it dobe," Sasuke hissed, rubbing the bruise on his cheek.
Naruto sighed, "I told you he would win. That kid has been a Genin for a year longer than we have, he has far more experience than either of us and his method of training is utterly ridiculous. You need to learn to choose your battles teme."
Sasuke did not say anything, but the small wince told Naruto that the raven-haired Genin at least recognized what the blond was saying. Something could be considered a miracle in and of itself, since the last Uchiha in Konoha had not listened to any of his advice since they had gotten back to Konoha.