Hinata was walking down the dusty path that led to the training grounds; she was having a bad day and she wanted to be alone. Of course, Fate wouldn't have any of that.
"Hinata-chan! Hinata-chan!" Cried a voice from the horizon. By the time she had turned around, Rock Lee was standing before her with a trail of dust settling on the ground. "I'm having a magic show! Would you like to come"
Hinata smiled but grimaced inwardly. He had interrupted her nice walk and invited her to a magic show that if she refused to attend she would be sick with guilt for weeks. Who told Lee to take up magic anyway? Oh yeah. Naruto.
"Sure, Lee-kun! I'd love to come!" She lied. "When is it"
The eccentric boy struck his nice-guy pose. "Right now! I asked everyone else, but they said they were all busy. But having you as an audience is enough to make my heart soar with happiness"
Hinata laughed nervously and followed Lee to Team Gai's training grounds. She took a seat on a log as he dashed in to the surrounding forest.
Suddenly he burst back into the clearing announcing, "Behold! I am Lee the Magnificent!" He was wearing a tuxedo-- complete with carnation-- and Hinata wondered idly if that was his first trick.
"Hinata-chan!" He said, smiling widely. "I need your help for this trick. Please pick a card, but don't let me see it." She pulled a card out of the deck he offered and looked at it; it was the four of clubs.
"Please give me your card, Hinata-chan, but don't let me see it," he warned. She handed him the card and he held it up to his forehead with the card face out. He closed his eyes in concentration and opened one hesitantly after a moment. "Is it the four of clubs"
"Yes," Hinata said, impressed. "That's cool, Lee-kun"
He smiled brightly and gave her a thumbs-up. "Thank you, Hinata-chan! For my next trick, I will turn this one handkerchief," he said, pulling a square of cloth out of his coat, "into many"
She smiled at him and he stuck the handkerchief into his fist and blew on it. Lee pulled on a corner of the handkerchief out of his fist, and other brightly colored handkerchiefs followed. Hinata laughed as he performed the trick backwards and pulled a single square of cloth from his fist.
"For my next trick," Lee said to a giggling Hinata, "I will turn this handkerchief into a dove!" The girl gasped-- how could he do that?
He stuffed the handkerchief back into his fist, but before he could do anything else something began squirming under his shirt.
Hinata jerked back and held her hands over her mouth. What was going on? Was Lee all right?
"Eep! Erm-- yieee!" He squeaked as a dove popped out of his shirt. She laughed and the poor boy blushed. "Um, I guess," Lee began slowly, "that for my next trick I shall turn this handkerchief into a bouquet of flowers!" He ended his speech with his nice-guy pose.
He shook out the poor wrinkled handkerchief... And flowers slipped out of his sleeve.
"Oh, no!" Lee wailed as a giggling Hinata collected the flowers. She tried to give him the slightly abused flowers but he refused, saying, "You keep them, Hinata-chan. I am a failure as a magician. I shall do five hundred"
"You aren't a failure, Lee-kun!" She exclaimed. "It was magic to me!" He looked at her with tears in his eyes and she said, "You made me happy"
Hinata rose up on her tip-toes and kissed Lee on the cheek and began to walk home, cradling the flowers in her arms.
"Hinata-chan! Hinata-chan!" Cried a voice from the horizon. By the time she had turned around, Rock Lee was standing before her with a trail of dust settling on the ground. "I'm having a magic show! Would you like to come"
Hinata smiled but grimaced inwardly. He had interrupted her nice walk and invited her to a magic show that if she refused to attend she would be sick with guilt for weeks. Who told Lee to take up magic anyway? Oh yeah. Naruto.
"Sure, Lee-kun! I'd love to come!" She lied. "When is it"
The eccentric boy struck his nice-guy pose. "Right now! I asked everyone else, but they said they were all busy. But having you as an audience is enough to make my heart soar with happiness"
Hinata laughed nervously and followed Lee to Team Gai's training grounds. She took a seat on a log as he dashed in to the surrounding forest.
Suddenly he burst back into the clearing announcing, "Behold! I am Lee the Magnificent!" He was wearing a tuxedo-- complete with carnation-- and Hinata wondered idly if that was his first trick.
"Hinata-chan!" He said, smiling widely. "I need your help for this trick. Please pick a card, but don't let me see it." She pulled a card out of the deck he offered and looked at it; it was the four of clubs.
"Please give me your card, Hinata-chan, but don't let me see it," he warned. She handed him the card and he held it up to his forehead with the card face out. He closed his eyes in concentration and opened one hesitantly after a moment. "Is it the four of clubs"
"Yes," Hinata said, impressed. "That's cool, Lee-kun"
He smiled brightly and gave her a thumbs-up. "Thank you, Hinata-chan! For my next trick, I will turn this one handkerchief," he said, pulling a square of cloth out of his coat, "into many"
She smiled at him and he stuck the handkerchief into his fist and blew on it. Lee pulled on a corner of the handkerchief out of his fist, and other brightly colored handkerchiefs followed. Hinata laughed as he performed the trick backwards and pulled a single square of cloth from his fist.
"For my next trick," Lee said to a giggling Hinata, "I will turn this handkerchief into a dove!" The girl gasped-- how could he do that?
He stuffed the handkerchief back into his fist, but before he could do anything else something began squirming under his shirt.
Hinata jerked back and held her hands over her mouth. What was going on? Was Lee all right?
"Eep! Erm-- yieee!" He squeaked as a dove popped out of his shirt. She laughed and the poor boy blushed. "Um, I guess," Lee began slowly, "that for my next trick I shall turn this handkerchief into a bouquet of flowers!" He ended his speech with his nice-guy pose.
He shook out the poor wrinkled handkerchief... And flowers slipped out of his sleeve.
"Oh, no!" Lee wailed as a giggling Hinata collected the flowers. She tried to give him the slightly abused flowers but he refused, saying, "You keep them, Hinata-chan. I am a failure as a magician. I shall do five hundred"
"You aren't a failure, Lee-kun!" She exclaimed. "It was magic to me!" He looked at her with tears in his eyes and she said, "You made me happy"
Hinata rose up on her tip-toes and kissed Lee on the cheek and began to walk home, cradling the flowers in her arms.