-Nah but did you see what you did??? You are really too clumsy!!!

Hands on hips Tenten stared furiously at the shards of porcelain that lay miserably on the floor.

- I absolutely don't see how you could convince me to let you help me!!

For his part, Lee stared sheepishly at his toes.

- It was slipping on the floor… he tried, anyway.- Was it slipping on the floor? It's Lee tiles, of course it's slippery! You should have noticed before you offered to help me with the restaurant!

The poor shinobi had an expression that would have been perfectly irresistible…on someone else.

Like Neji Hyuga, thought Tenten. Or Sasuke…”

But Lee was Lee, and there was nothing we could do about it.

- Alright. I will pick up. Clumsy as you are, you'll cut your fingers.She ducked down, but Lee was already crouched in front of her. His speed would always surprise her.

- Out of the question to make you suffer the consequences of my actions, he declared very seriously. Please let me pick up Tenten, And if I cut myself, it'll be good for me. And for the trouble I would do 100 practice laps on the hands.

The kunoichi smiled amused in spite of herself. Yet it must have been the twelve thousandth time she had heard that one. She no longer counted the laps of the field…

In short.

- Its good. Drop it.

- Allow me to insist, Tenten, resumed the young ninja.She sighed. He had his expressions sometimes! And it was he who spoke of "youthful passion"? In any case, the language of the famous youth was lacking to him.

- I would like to do something for you. I broke one of your most beautiful plates, after all.

Something he could do? No, she couldn't see.

- Please challenge me! I have to catch up to be always stronger!

Raah! Him and his bullshit precepts. Always be stronger, OK, but the ridiculous HAS to have limits. (Which he did not respect.)

One minute…

What was this great idea that suddenly came to his mind?

- Wait for me here, I'll be back!Docile, the boy began to gather the broken pieces in order to put them in the trash, while his teammate literally jumped towards the phone. Once the device was picked up, she went up to her room with it.

- Hello Sakura? Am I bothering you ?

- …

- OK. Ben imagine that I have just imagined something... which could be very amusing...

Facing the mirror in her bedroom, the young girl hid a sadistic smile.

- …

- Yes.

- …

- Are you with me? So I explain the mission to you.

Half an hour later, Tenten was dragging his teammate to her friend's house.

- Lee… Since I'm telling you it's a new challenge for you! With this, you are sure to be more… classy than you have ever been. And please don't say it's impossible.

But the young man answered nothing at all to his questions. What exactly was her teammate preparing for her?

- The bird is entering the nest… she hummed, crossing the door of her friend’s apartment.Without knocking. Which, by the way, Lee found rather suspicious. In addition to the darkness that reigned in the room.

But what followed was going to be even crazier.

As soon as the door was passed, four female shadows (recognizable by the stench of perfume) threw themselves on him, immobilizing him without difficulty on the ground.

- Try! What is… !!!

That was all our shinobi had time to utter before a rough fabric clung to his mouth. A kitchen towel judging by the smell. Appetizing.

The four shadows gathered above him. Someone turned on the light.

Despite all his efforts, the young man could not free himself. And the poor man was not at the end of his troubles.

- First step, Immobilization, completed! exclaimed a voice he recognized but did not identify.

He blinked to get his eyes to work properly. Against the light, five people stood out, including Tenten. All girls. It was looking bad.

They picked him up unceremoniously. Ah! We recognized Temari in the gentleness of the gestures!

The young girl forced him into a chair that seemed to be waiting for him. Very bad, that.

The others began to tie it up, probably using a vulgar spool of chicken twine. (Honestly, he looked like a chicken?)

He didn't even have the presence of mind to struggle. It was his challenge after all. It was about his honor.

When he was totally immobilized, the girls seemed satisfied. He recognized them now. And he should have known. The inseparable kunoïchis of the village of Konoha. I appointed Tenten, Sakura, Ino, Hinata and Temari, on an official visit as ambassadors.

Lee would have liked to ask for an explanation, but because of the smelly dishcloth, he couldn't.

- Good. Said Ino impatiently. We begin ?

- Hmpf! growled Lee.

- I think our friend is asking himself some questions… observed Temari, who was obviously having a lot of fun.

"We have nothing to say to him," Tenten decided. He will know everything… in due time.

They snickered.

Ouch. It was bad! He was in a critical position at the mercy of these furies...

“No jokes huh? Please don't play with my manhood, please…”

How frustrating was being mute!- Light ! Sakura ordered.

Sweet Hinata trotted over to the blinds, which she pulled.

Ino smiled fully satisfied, and somewhat ominously. She leaned over the petrified shinobi, and eyed him critically.

- Looks like we have a job girls… she announced, to the crowd.

"What the hell did she mean by that?" »

- I confirm. Tenten approved. Five years ! I had plenty of time to list everything… I can give you the complete list of things to modify.

- Oww… said Temari. I prefer to avoid seeing things that I would not have seen. That's enough.

They giggled. Lee, was starting to seriously freak out, especially since he didn't understand a word they were saying.

Only the Hyuga heiress did not seem very comfortable in this dangerously feminine environment.

HINAT!! But of course she was his salvation!!

She was far too nice to dabble in the surely quite blameworthy scheme of her friends.

"Save me" he articulated with his eyes (yes, yes it's possible!) diving into her gaze.

To her great surprise, our young kunoïchi did not react at all as he expected of her.

"Sorry Lee-kun," she said out loud, but couldn't help but wiggle her fingers. But it's for your good.Even Hinata! He was lost!

- We begin ? Sakura suggested.

The others just gave our victim a sinister look.

" Let's go. »

Without being able to do anything, the poor ninja had to undergo everything. Absolutely all (or almost) exclusively female tortures. (Yet he had no doubts about his virility!)

Terrified, he was dragged into the bathtub, where they buried him fully clothed under a mountain of moss before vigorously rubbing his skull.

“But what were they doing? »

Dazed and dripping, he was entirely passed through a hair dryer, except for the head, which was destined for another fate.

They sat him back in his chair. And we tied it on.

The worst was yet to come...

With a silent scream, Lee saw approaching the instrument of torture that he had managed to avoid for years, since the last change moreover, and which was starting to date a little.

Scissors.

Panic on board.

“Anything but thataaaaaaa!!! I forbid you to touch me with this thing! Let go moooiii !! »

From resignation he passed to revolt. It's out of the question to let it go. It was about his honor!

But the revolution did not go far. A blow to the head with a fan silenced him, without knocking him out. Temari was beginning to grasp the dosage.

Once the capillary massacre was over (in Lee's eyes) we moved on to the face. I will not describe the long maneuvers that our victim undergoes, but know that when we flanked him again in front of the mirror, he did not recognize himself.

For practical reasons, he had been removed from his gag, but subject to threat. Like, don't yell where I'm knocking you out. Efficient.

Even with the ability to speak, the boy no longer made a sound. Dumbfounded, he stared at his reflection.

" Unbelievable ! »

Hop! Another blow of hair dryer on the face.

- It's finish ?

- Don't dream! Ino undeceived him by smiling kindly for once. This is just the beginning.

- You are rather wise, Tenten commented. I thought you would use the back of the lotus… We wouldn't have lasted long in that case…She shivered, remembering her teammate's fight against Suna's current Kazekage.

- The back of the lotus? I hadn't thought of that... Lee admitted, sinking into his thoughts again. But anyway, I had to accept this challenge. It was I who wanted it, my honor was at stake.

- More honor? Definitely. We can change the appearance, the background, him…

- Still happy, Sakura intervened. Lee-kun is fine like that. In mentality I mean, she hastened to add.

Hinata said nothing. Without saying it aloud, she thought that Lee could very well have remained as he was. After all, if he liked his old appearance… that was his problem! That said, with this history of challenge that came into account...

She didn't know what to think anymore.

- OK. Announced Temari. And now, the final touch!

- From the first part… tempered Sakura.

- I'm in charge, I'm in charge! Ino yelled.

A jar of gel in one hand, tongue sticking out in an applied expression, the kunoïchi ordered her friend to close his eyes. A few expert movements later, he could open them again.

Surprising.

Really amazing. He now had more class than Gaï-senseï himself! In a totally different style!

Lee wouldn't have thought that possible.

- Wow, I…

- It's okay, no need to thank us, Tenten warned with a friendly smile, and quite unusual judged the boy, accustomed to the disgusted grimaces of his teammate. It's not over anyway!

Come on, hop, neither one nor two, the chicken string slipped on the ground, and Lee rubbed his numb limbs.

- Don't worry, you'll have plenty of time to relax while shopping! Launched Sakura amused.

- The what?

Here ? Lee didn't know that word? So what ? It didn't surprise anyone.

- We’ll teach you… Ino sneered, dragging him outside.

Ten minutes later, the girls pushed him into a men's clothing store.

- But I don't need clothes! What I'm wearing now is enough for me, and it's not too small yet...

- For our greatest misfortune… Tenten commented sinisterly.

- You see, started to explain Sakura, we don't buy clothes because our ONE outfit is not yet too small for us, but also because it is NECESSARY to have spare outfits.

- But I have other combinations, assured Lee.

- THERE ARE OTHERS????!! Temari was alarmed. The hour is serious, girls, he is even more affected than we thought.

- But what… began the poor boy.

- Sssshhh! The girls told him.

- We give up on explaining to you, obey, that's all.Leaving the shinobi on a chair, they began to rummage feverishly in the shelves, under his stunned gaze. “Why the hell buy other clothes? He didn't see the point of it at all. Um. And then he began to ask himself the question, of the cost of the operation and of the person who would take care of the bill…

He asked the question to Ino, who sighed.

- Forget it, old man, we'll take care of it. But **** it, we're really too nice.

It wasn't exactly the word he would have used, although it was true that she hadn't missed it. He ran a hand through his freshly cropped hair.

Yes… It was very largely acceptable.

- What do you think about that?

Temari stood in front of him, proudly showing off a black V-neck sweater. Lee frowned.

- It doesn't look like...

- I see… cut him off, the exasperated young girl, it's useless for me to ask you the question.

She banged her fan on the ground, her expression more than convincing.

- Go try it! she ordered.

He stood up. It was no use resisting.

- Uh… I found this… started Hinata grabbing her find with compulsive gestures.

It was a lovely beige linen shirt.

- You're doing it wrong Hinata. Looked.

And to the young ninja, throwing the garment at him:

- Here ! And hurry up to put it on!

Hinata blinked.

- C-understood, Temari-san.Lee sped into the cabins without asking for his rest. Temari and her accomplice waited for him with firm feet outside, while the other three piled up the articles found, on a chair. Which was regularly emptied inside the cabin.

- All that ? he was alarmed.

- Since I'm telling you it's at our expense… Ino sighed, forcing him to turn around. Mmh… It's really not bad, this sweatshirt. Put the hood on to see.

He ran.

- Nickel! they enthused. It suits you very well!

Unaccustomed to compliments from the fairer sex, Lee scratched his cheek puzzled.

- You find ? It's quite nice but...

- No buts! Tenten cut him off, this sweater is superb, period. Try the rest now.

A good hour later, the little group came out of the shop, arms laden with a multitude of packages. Finally, Lee's arms were loaded with said packages.

- It was rather a good catch… observed Ino modestly. There's some really good stuff in this store.

- But it's not enough, Sakura said. With all that, he only has enough to wear for three days maximum. And after that it will be… The awful combination, the return!

They burst out laughing.

- Honestly, Lee began, I don't see what you're complaining about… It's super comfortable to wear, it's a stretchy and light material, perfectly suited to missions…

- But not aesthetically! they finished.

- But Gai-sensei…

- Is not a big name when it comes to fashion! Point bar.

- Listen, Lee. We want to trust you when it comes to ninja art, taijutsu and the little habits of our sensei, but when it comes to clothes... you shut up OK?

- Good, good, he tempered.

- That works ! they exclaimed.

- Where are we going now?

- It's not over yet ?- Say girls, are we going to buy her some underwear too? Sakura suddenly asked with a grimace.

- Why not ? cried Ino. It seems that the sellers of this type of store are all super sexy!

Hinata started to mumble incomprehensible words, blushing like crazy, and Sakura didn't seem thrilled. But Lee saved them.

- Its good. From that side, I'm ready.

- Ooh… said Ino, disappointed.

- I swear to you ! he defended himself, in front of the skeptical air of Temari.

Evening came sooner than expected. Stores were starting to close, and that was the only thing that could stop our five dressers.

Lee collapsed exhausted on a public bench, while the girls stamped in a group.

- We'll have to put that back on! cried Tenten. It's super funny!

- Yes, but we have no one left to dress up…

- We'll run classified ads!

- “Look out for anyone seemingly irredeemable, to serve as a guinea pig for style experiments. Quote Temari. Guaranteed result! »

Crazy hyena laughter.

They turned to the first subject. Head thrown back and eyes closed, Lee tried to catch his breath. His new black sweater was casually tossed by his side, and his shirt was slightly open.

What would previously have scared any girl more than ten meters away, was now attracting attention.

The five accomplices intercepted female giggles and admiring whispers as they passed. They had done a good job. Nobody recognized him.They walked the boy home. To their amazement he looked delighted, but not only with his new appearance.

- I'm exhausted, he confessed, smiling. Shopping is a great workout! I will make them more often!

They looked at each other.

- HOORAY!!

- But be careful, warned Tenten. More green jumpsuits. And for the first few weeks, we'll come with you, just to watch you.

He nodded.

- No problem. I still need your opinion. There are things I still don't understand… Like this strange sign there.

He pointed to a brand logo on his chest.

- Can you explain to me what it is for?

Arg.

Tenten found himself thinking: How sexy is he!

Well **** it then. What was this curious turn of the stomach, in front of the, yet so familiar, smile of his teammate. She would have to watch herself closely.

Her friends smiled in complicity. They had sensed what was happening…

- Well, I'll go, announced Sakura. My parents are waiting for me, I have to go to I don't know what boring ceremony.

She tossed her silky hair back, and turned away, very classy, ​​under the gaze of Lee… who had no reaction.

Tenten's eyes widened.His teammate had remained leaning against the door frame, without running hysterically after the young girl, without sending her rosy and obstinate hearts, without making fiery declarations to her… He had remained in his place.

To her surprise, she did not hear her friends say goodbye to her one after the other. And stayed alone with him.

- Do you intend to sleep here, Tenten? he asked, amused.

WHOOPS ! She raised her head sharply.

- Uh, no… I was thinking.

Good god, she had to avoid looking at him at all costs… Same as before after all… but for opposite reasons.

Who would have believed it ? Lee the stubborn failure, Lee the ridiculous incarnate, BIG EYEBROWS!

- Can I know what?

Hey ? What was the topic of the conversation again? Oh yes !

- Uh no. Nothing interesting. Good, well uh… see you tomorrow, huh?

- Are you sure you're okay, Tenten? You're so weird...

She ? Weird ? No kidding !

- Don't worry...

- OK. Well, well thank you, huh… I appreciate what you do for me, even if…

- Isn't that really honourable? It's true, now that I think about it, we didn't have to do that, she repented.

- Don't worry, the result plays for you, right? He amused himself, running a distracted hand through his dark locks again. Well... that's not for me to say...

She burst out laughing. He was really adorable.

- Nope. It's true that we didn't miss you. Probably a stroke of luck… Well, excuse me, but I really have to go.

"Otherwise, I might fall in love with you!" »- Ok. See you tomorrow, Tenten.

- That's it, see you tomorrow!

She hopped off. She had an annoying tendency to jump when something bothered her.

She turned. Lee waved at him. She answered him and spun around the corner.

She couldn't fall in love with him now! That would mean she only loved him for his looks which were really, really not bad. And that would be unfair to him.

And yet...

The next day, Tenten woke up with strange dreams in his head.

Lee joining the snobby jet-setter, Lee no longer speaking to her…not to mention all of his own memories mixed in with the dancing adding a very unpleasant touch of reality to it all. She shook her head in annoyance. He wasn't like that. He wouldn't let her down...

It remained to be convinced.

She quickly dressed in her workout clothes, grabbed her scrolls in one hand, her weapons in the other, stuffed her feet into her lead-weighted moccasins (you didn't know that, huh?) and opened the door.

She had an appointment at 9 a.m. at training ground number 8, with her teammates and her irrecoverable sensei.

Breakfast would wait.She arrived out of breath, at the meeting place, and collapsed against a tree. The last as usual. Not that she wasn't motivated, but others were always more motivated than herself.

- Sorry… Am I late?

- Not at all, Tenten! replied a voice two centimeters from his face.

She looked up, to find herself face to face with Lee. For the same reasons as yesterday, plus the nightmares that had dogged her all night, the young girl made a spectacular leap back, and painfully collided with the trunk of the tree.

- You… you scared me, she gasped…

- A ninja must expect everything! Gai taught. But, for example, I didn't expect you to lose your suit, Lee. Do you want a new one?

Tenten was too busy catching her breath to stand against her sensei's proposal.

"I haven't lost it, Guy-sensei," Lee replied. I decided to change my style.

It was just if the Junin did not burst into tears.

Meanwhile, Neji approached his teammate.

- Lee is strange today… Would you be there for something?

- Affirmative.

He raised an eyebrow, but didn't comment.Three hours later, they separated exhausted, and largely let off steam.

Tenten thought only of his bathroom. Or almost.

Lee joined her.

- You've made a lot of progress lately Tenten, he complimented her to start the conversation.

She kept her eyes lowered.

- Your nunchaku skills are getting better every day, but… you look really weird lately. You did not stop planting yourself and you almost injured yourself several times… Do you have a problem? You can tell me you know...

Um…

- I did not sleep well. Let go of her.

“Whose fault, huh? »

- Oh.. Alright, I understand. Alright, so get some rest this afternoon. Get well quickly.

Why did she only notice now that Lee was…nice. Adorable even. Was she superficial to the point of completely neglecting him when he was… hadn't revealed himself? She felt really stupid all of a sudden.

-Lee? She started.

He stared at her surprised by the seriousness of her expression.

- Yes ?

She took a deep breath.

- I realize… that… that… I've never treated you very well… I've always been mean to you… I… I feel a little bad about myself.

" A little ? She was dead of guilt yes! »

At first, he said nothing, stunned by the confession.

- I… I absolutely don't blame you for that… I never really paid attention to it, you know. I was so used to...

Why the hell did she feel untimely burning in her eyelids?

He smiles.

- No worries about that, okay? It would be a shame if you… Heeeeeee! But why are you crying?

She tried to staunch her tears with annoyed swipes. Nothing to do. Oh, how stupid she felt!

- It's nothing, it'll pass... I... I...- Don't give me the dust in the eye. Lee scolded her gently.

She threw herself into his arms.

- I'm sorry! I am a dark idiot!

- Why do you say that ? He was surprised, destabilized.

He greeted her awkwardly, and closed his arms behind her back.

She sobbed silently into her brand new polo shirt for a good five minutes, then declared it was over.

Her tears dried up and she sat up. Lee stared at her, completely lost.

- Forget about it OK ? she suggested. It's not worth it...

- Oh no, huh? You're not going to leave me like this! What am I going to think, me? Be nice, shed some light on me.

She bit her lip.

She still couldn't...

- Listen, I offer you something, he said. I invite you tonight, I prepare everything you need, the tissues, the super moving DVD, and in the process you tell me everything, is it okay?

She hesitated.

- Why are you doing all this for me?

- Because you're my teammate, of course!

Oh that's clever!

Her tears started again.

- But what did I say?! he was alarmed. What is happening ??

This conversation was beyond stupid. Tenten decided, at the end of his tether.

And when his nerves were giving way, usually there was a whole bunch of weird stuff going on…

- Do you want to know what's going on? cried such, with a lot of melodramatic sobs in her voice.

- So there yes.

- I'm just a superficial idiot!

- Uh… Are you sure you don't confuse yourself with Ino? he laughed.

- Do not joke ! And she's my girlfriend too!

- I was laughing I was laughing… but why are you saying that? I don't follow you anymore… he panicked.

- I am in love with you !! she exclaimed suddenly, in the strangely deserted street. I realized this yesterday and I… ask myself a lot of questions… His voice melted into an inaudible gurgling.

- As ?

If the boy was flustered surprised or whatever, he didn't show it.

She gasped softly, then seemed to recover.

- If it is not… because of…

- My new look? He interrupted her.

She looked at him. The moment felt like an eternity...- ANYTHING !!!!

A female quartet, springs from the corner of the street, where he had been hiding for the duration of the conversation.

- Yes, anything! they resumed.

The couple was frozen, unable to make a move.

- We've been watching you for a while, Tenten! Said the loudest voice, in this case Ino's. And our conclusion is….

- IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME THAT YOU BOTH COO!!!

- And no need for a makeover, adds Sakura.

They blinked.

- Well, we did what we had to do, didn't we? Girls what do you think? Ino said, looking at them.

- We're leaving ! nodded the others.

And presto, disappeared.

Tenten and Lee looked around the corner in dismay.

- Bunch of nosy gossips… Tenten blurted out in a low voice.

- Hey, we hear you here! a voice reminded him, quickly drowned out by a common hubbub.

Tenten looked at Lee, and vice versa.

- Do you… do you think they are right? he asked.

- They are my friends, sighed the young girl. They're annoying, clingy, curious, smart and giggly, but they know me by heart. So I trust them.

- And I trust you.

“KYYYYAAAAAAHHHH!!!! said a voice a little further away.

But our two lovebirds didn't care. Besides, Lee had already put an arm behind his teammate's waist and tilted his head towards her.

When their lips touched, a hilarious whisper was clearly heard.

- Hey ! You did see ? Lee has a label that sticks out!

END !