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Rock Lee (ロック・リー) [via Cager] ([personal profile] awokentospring) wrote in [community profile] sunshineverse2015-05-15 10:07 pm

[Open, SUPER BACKDATED]

Who: Rock Lee and Everyone~~~
When: Backdated to mid-April through the rest of the month
Where: Several of the shinobi villages and their outskirts (all except Konoha and Ame)

Notes:After gaining leave from the hospital, Lee sets out on a journey to take some of his darker thoughts out of his mind. He decided to see the world, or at least visit all the other shinobi villages, and hoped he would find some solace while seeing old rivals and making new friends.


Sunagakure

The arid desert air was a relief to Lee. As much as he loved his home country it had been a harsh winter and spring, so the heat felt more natural despite the sand under his feet. With the warm atmosphere Lee knew he was bound to continue to grow stronger if he trained here. At the same time, he was also cautious not to grow dehydrated. When he wasn't out running the perimeter of the village or visiting with the family of the Kazekage, Lee could be found at local juice bars. Oddly, he seemed less inclined to greet strangers unless they spoke to him first.

Iwagakure

The land of earth was rugged but it felt more like home than the desert sands of Suna. Lee took to rock climbing with gusto; he was familiar with mountain climbing and pounding boulders with his fists but rarely did he get the chance to try his hand at the sheer cliffs he found around the land of Earth. The local cuisine was hardy yet simple and Lee found himself generally enjoying that.

Lee took to camping outside the village rather than finding proper lodgings. It was cold but he found peace in the solitude the quiet nights offered.

Kumogakure

With his wounds almost completely gone (though never gone forever, he had a hell of a scar) Lee thought it prudent to seek out the famous hot springs located in the land of Lightning. He splurged a bit, taking himself to some of the nicer lodges outside of the village. While he felt safe enough to travel by himself he knew there was still some strain between Kumo and Konoha. He did not want to incite any sparks due to bad blood.

Lee was starting to feel a bit more secure and smiled more often before he left.

Kirigakure

Lee was no longer afraid of damaging himself further now with his wounds closed so he made good on his promise to Naoki and visited the land of water. It was fun to play off the shore and swim all day then have a hearty meal of fish cooked right over a fire at the end of the nights. Lee finally felt like himself again and he wanted to take on the world, thought how he could advance was still an issue on his mind. At times he would lapse into silence but his smile was warm any time he caught the eye of a passerby.

[ooc: Lee will be visiting Ame during the attacks in May; he will return home after all of that cools down. Also, Lee spends 3 or 4 days in each given place but there's no need to specify any certain date.]
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[personal profile] withfocus 2015-05-26 02:54 am (UTC)(link)
He turned away and when he got waist deep in the water, stopped walking and fell forward to swim. Naoki kept where he could see Lee every other stroke as they went out and the sea floor beneath them slowly dropped away and then suddenly became much deeper, falling out of the light Naoki gave off.

When he reached the approximate area of the reef he stopped to tread water and turn to look at Lee. "Don't push yourself to stay down too long, okay?"
noboatbigenough: (Might be a cunning linguist.)

Kiri, of course

[personal profile] noboatbigenough 2015-05-27 03:52 am (UTC)(link)
News had gotten to Kisame that Rock Lee had come to Kiri almost immediately, but Kisame was very busy, and trusted Naoki to report anything suspicious. Still, intelligence came that the ninja was certainly looking fully healthy, and there was that spar.

So when Kisame finally found a few moment, he approached the Konoha-nin. "So your visit wasn't just a rumor, Lee-kun. You're looking much healthier!"
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[personal profile] withfocus 2015-05-27 01:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Naoki nodded and flipped over as well to head down. He kept the rocks in the range of the light he gave off both to make sure they didn't miss the reef and give Lee some reference to deal with the movement of the water.

It didn't take long for the reef to come into sight, the dim light he gave off spread more and reflected more clearly in the water. The softer parts of the coral and sea grass swayed back and forth with the motion of the tide. The reef was mostly asleep but there were a few shapes visible moving near the bottom.
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[personal profile] abluntwind 2015-05-27 03:39 pm (UTC)(link)
If she didn't know any better that sounded almost bitter. But being busy wasn't something they could avoid. It was just a fact of life. Judging from the way he had chosen his words though, she didn't think pressing would be welcome. At least not from his girlfriend.

The revelation that they'd argued though leaves her stunned for a moment. Not because she doesn't think either is incapable of having a temper. Lee just looks so- well his cheerfulness doesn't radiate quite like it did when she spoke with him last.

"Why did you have an argument?" She asks accepting her drink from the barista and taking a sip.
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[personal profile] lostmarauder 2015-05-28 12:24 am (UTC)(link)
"I've learned to fade into the background pretty effectively so being different isn't so bad these days." He laughed, shaking his head. "I've had to be careful not to step on the wrong toes though, because I'm smart, not powerful, so I have to work with that to not get myself squished."
highly_strung: (begrudging)

[personal profile] highly_strung 2015-05-28 11:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Kankuro shrugged Lee's thanks off with a shoulder, sticking his hands into the pockets of his tunic as he started to pad across the sandy planes of his village with Lee trailing behind him.

For all that he'd been quite familiar with Lee's team-mates for quite some time now, he'd never actually gotten around to greeting him on a personal basis -- instead always experiencing him from a distance, or second-hand, or in a limited and formal setting where he couldn't actually gauge anything about the guy for himself in that handful of fleeting moments. So this was his attempt at doing exactly what his father had suggested of him. He was making friiieeends.

"You were taxing yourself pretty heavily back there. What was so necessary about that training, huh?"
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[personal profile] abluntwind 2015-05-29 04:26 am (UTC)(link)
She hadn't meant to pry. Not exactly. It was just such a strange thing to hear that Neji had fought with him, and then to hear what he said. She can understand why Lee is hurt by the whole thing. None of what Neji said seemed particularly fair.

For a long moment she's silent, fiddling with her straw as she takes that in, a clear frown forming at her mouth as she does. "If you want to be promoted keep working toward that. People say things sometimes in the heat of the moment that they don't mean. Maybe this is one of those moment." Considering she'd only been dating his teammate for a few months she could hardly say for sure if it was, but it was meant to help ease the hurt, or at least take some of the sting out of it.

"And I don't think I've ever seen for myself what you can do in a fight. Perhaps when you're healed we can have a spar so I can."
highly_strung: (haha.... wait what?)

[personal profile] highly_strung 2015-05-29 09:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Kankuro couldn't help but chuckle at that explanation. What a strange method of logic, was this guy for real? Kankuro gave him a side on glance and... yeah, probably for real; he could practically smell the naivety radiating from Lee's form. Suna didn't produce people with this level of untarnished honesty, so it was kind of refreshing to witness it now. He'd heard this and that about Lee's modus-operandi from the various connections they had, but he'd never have imagined the real thing could be so endearing.

"You making up for lost time will send you right back to where you started unless you're careful. Suna isn't the place for overexertion, we get enough casualties from sunstroke alone."
highly_strung: (cheesy grin)

[personal profile] highly_strung 2015-05-30 11:51 am (UTC)(link)
"I was watching, y'know. You took a break half the amount of times any sane person would have. And you're still fully dressed." He was grinning, but it wasn't his usual nasty grin; it was genuinely pretty endearing that Lee worked so hard, Kankuro could respect that even if he couldn't bring himself to share the intensity.

"Most people are down to their underwear in minutes if they decide to run laps here. The air is so close, they can't catch their breath and end up sweating out all their moisture, and then their cannisters get warm, so they can't rehydrate." He gives the man another side on look. "I didn't see you replenish yours."
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[personal profile] withfocus 2015-05-30 04:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Naoki was floating near a group of small rocks on the bottom. He grinned up at Lee when he returned, and reached out to tickle one of the rocks. It immediately revealed itself to be an octopus then did a very good job disguising itself as a venomous lionfish as it swam away. But he didn't chase it, instead turning his attention to where a dark shape swam at the edge of the light he gave off.

He pointed out the shark just in case Lee missed it.
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[personal profile] abluntwind 2015-05-31 11:33 pm (UTC)(link)
She grins wide and just a little in challenge. "That's why I said when you're healed. Just because you're up and walking around doesn't mean you are." Physically he could be fine but that didn't mean his head was in the right place yet or that he even felt comfortable training yet or was even allowed to. To her it didn't matter that Lee had gotten his ass kicked so much as what he did from there. And even then it only mattered in a tangential sense given how they just barely know each other.

"I have a feeling your loss makes you more determined. And you you can give Neji a challenge then I'll probably find you to be one as well. And I'd like that."
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[personal profile] abluntwind 2015-06-02 03:57 am (UTC)(link)
She didn't mean to upset him. She really hadn't. "Would you like to go somewhere else?" She asks because he looks a little wet around the eyes. And she didn't think he would want to potentially cry around other people.

She smiles a little on the sad side as she nods. "Alright. I think we can arrange that at some point in the future."
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[personal profile] noboatbigenough 2015-06-02 02:20 pm (UTC)(link)
"Of course it does. There are plenty of sparring areas with different things to offer. Do you have a preference?"

Kisame expected it wouldn't be one that was mostly water, but there were a few that at least to the untrained eye didn't appear to have water at all, and then more specialized ranges to develop specific skills.Kisame was sure that Lee had gotten a look at least a couple during the days he'd been here.

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