lee had seen the damage , HE WAS THERE . he was the one to yell ‘ go , gai - sensei ’ at the top of his lungs , not only for his mentor father figure to hear , but also for his fears . for the feeling of dread to realize that rock lee was not scared . he had been on long missions , had seen horrific things . but never had lee been to war , only then it dawned on him that , despite it all he was nothing more than a boy made weapon . how had he realized ?? never had he come this close to actually losing the one he unspokenly viewed as his parent . awfully dependent for someone close to eighteen years , close to becoming a jōnin . ‘ to grief over someone who made his decision would be an insult ’ , still lee felt so sad . when he should be proud , he was saddened . HE DARED TO INSULT GAI with expressive eyes downcast , rock lee would wait for his master to regain consciousness . even though troubled as he was , he would not realize at first .