[Thread] Street Fighter and Disney Marathons FTW [open to: Lee, Naruto]

[maximum_awesome]

If Lee was running late, Naruto wasn't one to notice; he was firmly ensconced in front of a Whack-A-Mole machine, hammering away as if his life depending on it. In a way it did. Someone had taken out his high score this week, damnit!, and he had to fight back for his honour. He wasn't the King of this arcade for nothing!! The owner, well-used

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[rock_lee_bounce]

The walk had taken longer than Lee had expected. It didn’t help that he wasn’t certain exactly where Naruto’s apartment was, much less the arcade, but he had an idea of the general area and that would have to be enough, innate sense of direction or no. The first half went by quickly, with Lee calling his sensei for a short conversation and being certain to tell him all about meeting up with Kakashi, though he conveniently left off exactly where he’d encountered the older man

[maximum_awesome]

Flinching in surprise at this sudden impingement upon his concentration, Naruto recognised Lee and nodded enthusiastically at him. "Yeah! C'mon, Lee!! Let's kick this thing's stupid ASS!!"

The warning buzzer sounded; Naruto flexed his wrist in preparation for the first strike. All senses set to maximum awesome! Take no prisoners! Show nae mercy! THEY MAY TAKE OUR HIGH SCORE, BUT THEY WILL NEVER TAKE OUR FREEDOM!

He didn't even realise he'd yelled all this aloud. The game was on and Naruto had the best possible partner next to him to teach this cheating hussy of a machine who its master was. Mallets flew in flurries and blurs, dying moles shrieked in despair, the gathering crowd went wild and Naruto couldn't remember when he'd had this much fun.

Lee was totally his new BFFF. "OH MY GOD THAT WAS AMAZING!!! LEE!! LEEEEE!! HIGHFIVES, MAN!!"

[rock_lee_bounce]

Lee enthusiastically highfived Naruto, then pulled him into a quick, bone-crushing hug of pure excitement. The lights on top of the game strobed green, and a harsh mechanical voice announced “WE HAVE A WINNER!” By the time Lee set Naruto back down on his feet, the paper tickets the machine was spitting out had already folded over three times, and they showed no sign of stopping. Lee’s already enormous eyes grew wide.

“Can we play again?” he asked Naruto, with all the hope of a child asking to open just one present early.

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"Hell YEAH we can!!" Naruto's bright blue eyes lit upon the cheerily tumbling tickets with unabashed greed. All the loot they could get with that...! It was just silly not to maximise on this opportunity.

He fist-bumped Lee in an excess of gleeful, childlike comraderie, fumbling through his pockets for a couple more quarters before turning to grin and bow at their onlookers. "Thank you, fair citizens of San Francisco!! We appreciate your patronage of this fine establishment~~" There. That ought to soothe over any pouting from Deano later when they went through and totally raided the prize cabinet. Naruto was already dreaming about what he'd spend his tickets on. Bouncy balls. Slimey hands. Temporary tattoos. It was going to be a splurge of epic proportions, that was for sure...

"Ready?! And...GO!!" The quarters dropped; Naruto readied himself, beaming from every pore of his body. Thumping mechanical menaces have never been so much fun.

[rock_lee_bounce]

Three games later, Lee finally set the mallet down with a satisfied smile satisfied smile. The moles, albeit cute and somewhat furry animals, had stood no chance against their combined wrath. Naruto’s spastic method of play ensured spotty cover of both of their terrains, and Lee was left with precision sniping, picking off the moles left behind. It worked perfectly, as the new high score attested, and Lee bent down to pick up the pile of tickets. It was already as thick as his wrist, and Naruto eyed the stack with undisguised avarice. Lee laughed and dropped the tickets into Naruto’s outstretched hands, then handed the mallet off to a surly-looking teen who’d been observing the entire time