"Yeowch!" The exclamation was said more from the surprise than from pain. His arms were already coated in scars and bruises. What was one more to a shinobi?

"Okay, so it is real," Lee said with a soft huff of breath, rubbing a little at the reddening area on his arm. "I should still not have been kidnapped easily."

Then a thought struck him, though it also pierced through his pride to think about. "... Or maybe this is a genjutsu? One that makes me believe I feel pain." After all, the illusionist techniques of certain ninja could very well affect a victim down to their nervous system.

Lee's lips drew together in a sharp "M" of disappointment. "I have not fallen under a genjutsu in over a year."