Sakura stormed out of the clearing leaving the beaten down Naruto by himself. She fumed and stomped and ran until she'd put quite a bit of distance between Naruto and herself. She leaned against a tree and sulkded, arms crossed.

"Why? Why does he always insist on acting like a total idiot?!?" She asked herself.

Everything had been going good for a few seconds. But you'd think even Naruto wouldn't be so stupid as to let a secret like that get out.

"I should've known he would try something like that!" She said, turning around and punching the tree. "He's so obnoxious! He's so annoying! He's so stupid!"

With every insult Sakura slammed the tree. After about fifty insults Sakura had expended all her anger at Naruto. Slowly she walked through the trees heading back towards the village. Halfway out of the woods, she heard a huge booming sound. Surprised she looked around and saw some trees in the distance vibrating, rocking, and some even falling over! Curious, she jumped into the tree tops and silently made her way to whatever was causing the ruckus. She came to the edge of a clearing and nearly fell out of the trees at what she saw. It was Rock Lee. But not the Lee she knew. He was huge! Like Naruto...no, just a little shorter by a few feet. She goggled at not only his height but his enormous musclulature. He was wearing a green vest that reached halfway down his torso as well as a pair of green shorts. Obviously the only thing that would fit him...His arms were stil wrapped up in bandages but he wasn't wearing his headband around his waist like he usually did. It was far too small. Sakura couldn't see it anywhere on him, but it was probably small enough to wear as a wristband to him. Maybe even a ring!

Sakura discreetly pinched herself. A flash of pain erupted in the spot. No, she was indeed awake.

"Why is it that every guy who's ever liked me is growing like this?" She thought to herself.

Lee wasn't paying attention to her. He was busy training himself on some new training dummys. The old ones were far too small for him. These new ones looked like they were made from trees! Sakura nearly swooned watching him work. His muscles buldged at every movement, pumping bigger as she watched. She had no doubt that even though Lee was smaller he could probably take down Naruto...

"I wonder if I should talk to him..." She thought to herself. "He might be a better bet than Naruto..."