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Italics are flashbacks and thoughts to oneself

Bold is Demon's talking

Bold Italic is the demon holders talking back to the demons

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Disclaimer: Is Lee getting chased by Seme's that want him as their Uke? No? Then I don't own Naruto.

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Title: Ikiryou

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Lee woke up early as usual and slowly got out of bed, making sure that the covers were still protecting Naruto from the morning cold. He showered and changed before finally going to wake Naruto up. He gently shook Naruto's shoulder, whispering,

"Naru...wake up, my little boy." Lee smiled as Naruto grumbled sleepily. He pressed a kiss to Naruto's bare forehead and said, "Come on, time to get up. You still want to help look for our new home, correct?"

At that, Naruto's eyes snapped open and he was immediately grinning.

"Kaa-chan!" He said, then sat up, "Yeah! We have a lot to do today!"

Lee laughed and nodded, "Yes we do. Now why do you not go shower. I will get the papers and make breakfast while you get ready."

"Okay!" Naruto quickly got out of bed and hissed slightly as the cold wood made contact with his bare feet. He practically tackled Lee into a hug before letting go and running to the bathroom.

Lee laughed again and shook his head fondly. Even Mother was purring in his head, happy with how things were going. He went out and quickly picked up multiple papers an places to live before coming back and starting breakfast. A few minutes later, he felt heard the shower turn off and Naruto running about in the bedroom. Lee smiled and shook his head. He set the newly made food onto plates and got milk out for their drinks.

"Alright!" Naruto shouted excitedly as he came into the kitchen, "What do-oh, food!" his attention swiftly turned to the food and Naruto quickly sat at the table.

"Looks great as always Kaa-chan!" Naruto said, a silly grin on his face.

Lee smiled and kissed Naruto's still bare forehead, "Then dig in my little kitten. We can look afterwards. We still have three hours before needing to get to the bridge."

"Okay!" Naruto quickly began eating and Lee joined him with a fond smile.

Soon they were looking at the ads in the paper. Lee told Naruto to just look for homes that had at least five bedrooms. Money didn't really matter to him since Lee had more than what people would think, looking at where he lived now. In the two years he'd lived in Konoha, he'd taken many A to S-class missions. His skill set allowed him to do it and Lee didn't exactly care about killing, or really...he cared too much. He still did and it was something that vaguely frightened him. He didn't like how he got when he killed others, he got...dazed and...just too happy.

But now wasn't the time to think of such things.

They kept at looking for the entire three hours and got eight different residences to check out later. Lee stopped Naruto from looking further and said,

"This will have to do for now. We must be leaving to get to the bridge on time."

Naruto groaned slightly, "But Kakashi-sensei never shows up on time..."

"Even if he does not, it would not be right for you to make Sakura-chan and Sasuke-kun wait on their own. Plus, I was thinking about asking them to help us check out the houses after training."

"Yeah! After all, Sasuke's gonna live with us too right? And Sakura-chan!" Naruto blushed slightly at saying Sakura's name but he looked honestly excited.

"Yes, but we will not be telling them that yet." Lee said after grapping a few items from his bedroom and then they left the apartment to walk to the bridge.

"Eh? Why not?" Naruto frowned in confusion

"Well, I doubt Sasuke-kun will take kindly to the suggestion. He might think we are taking pity on him, so I will have to speak with him separately. As for Sakura-chan, she does have her own family, so we will have to slowly get her to spend more and more time with us." Lee said, as if it was all right for him to be doing this.

"But won't Sakura-chan's parents miss her?" Naruto was a little concerned about that.

"Do you not see, Naru? Sakura-chan is a shinobi now; sooner or later she would have to move out anyway. It would be better for her to stay with us instead of somewhere with undesirable neighbors that could peek in on her. You would not want that, would you?" Lee asked with a sly tilt of his head.

"Hell no! She's Sakura-chan! No one gets to do that to Sakura-chan!"

"Exactly, we are protecting her from that, but do not tell her that. She will most likely think that you do not trust her to take care of herself. Which we do, do we not? This is just a different type of protection." Lee said

Naruto nodded quickly, getting sucked in to Lee's reasoning. He couldn't let perverts like that spy on Sakura, and there were a lot of perverts in Konoha too!

Lee smiled at Naruto's determined expression and ruffled his hair.

'He is such a good boy...'

'Is he not~?' Lee smiled and there was a sort of darkness in his eyes. He was growing more and more attached to Naruto and Lee could feel the same attachment forming for Sakura and Sasuke, though, Sasuke's was tiny right now. How...strange, the more he learned how to feel, the more he wanted to...hoard this. These feelings of affection and want. Lee would murder anyone who tried to take his kittens away from him.

"Sakura-chan, Sasuke-teme!" Naruto waved as they came closer to the bridge.

Sakura waved back, saying both of their names, and Sasuke nodded to them. Both seemed content and there was none of the reluctance Lee had earlier seen in Sasuke. Even Sakura seemed calm, her fangirling nature slowly getting smaller and smaller.

Good, the Uchiha boy didn't deserve it anyway. Naruto deserved it more, with how fondly he spoke of Sakura, especially the first time Lee heard of her from Naruto's lips.

"Hey you two! Guess what!" Naruto said as soon as they were close enough, "Kaa-chan's gonna get a new place! But he said he wants some second opinions."

"Oh?" Sakura made a noise of surprise then turned to Lee, "I'd be happy to help. What made you want to look anyway?"

"I asked Naru to move in with me." Lee said with a careless shrug, "My place now is just a one bedroom apartment. It was fine before, I did not care where I lived, but with Naru with me, I want some place better."

"We found like- eight places! They're all really cool!" Naruto cut in excitedly, "And really big too!"

"...Where?" Sasuke suddenly spoke up and Lee smiled at him.

"I tore out the pages; you may look if you wish." Lee said, taking out the said pages from his pack and handing them to Sasuke.

Sasuke took them and began looking through the papers. He frown at a few of them, paying more attention to what he was doing than to Naruto and Sakura talking. He immediately noticed when Lee came closer and looked over his shoulder, making his palms slightly sweat.

"Is there something wrong with that one?" Lee asked, breath brushing against Sasuke's cheek.

Sasuke subtly swallowed then gave a short nod, "You don't want this one. It's a roof-top walk way. You would probably hear the idiots who can't roof hop quietly." Sasuke glanced at Lee then quickly looked away when he saw the boy's bright smile.

"Ah, you see, that is why I need you Sasuke-kun. I would not have known that." Lee said and Sasuke felt his ears burn in that now familiar way.

Sasuke scoffed, saying, "Guess I really do have to go then. You probably wouldn't be able to tell if your being scammed either."

Lee hid his amused expression and just smiled. that was actually kind of adorable. Sasuke trying to act tough. Huh, Lee hadn't noticed that the Uchiha could be cute before. Maybe this one wasn't a lost cause.

"Thank you Sasuke-kun." Lee said before kissing Sasuke's cheek, making the boy's face burn red. Sasuke crossed his arms and scowled with his red cheeks, looking anywhere but Lee.

"Oh, Lee! Does this mean we won't be training after Kakashi-sensei leaves?" Sakura asked, looking a bit worried.

Lee's smile widened and he shook his head, "No, not at all. I have something for all three of you to do as we look. It will not be easy though. In fact..." Lee hummed then took out two things from his pouch and unhooked four things from his arms.

"Sakura-chan, I want you to wear these from now on." He said, handing her weights that would strap to her arms and legs, "These go on your legs and these ones to your arms. They are weights that will increase depending on how much chakra one puts into them. Right now they are at five pounds each for a total of twenty. It will help increase your stamina and your strength."

Sakura looked at the before nodding determinedly. She quickly put them on and grimaced at the added weight. Five pounds didn't sound like much but when she actually put them on, they were surprisingly heavy.

"That is not all." Lee said, catching Sakura's attention again, "I want you to circulate your chakra through your body, constantly. That will strengthen your muscles to get them used to the added weight quicker, and it has the added bonus of slowly stretching your reserves. That is only if you do not stop circulating though. I expect you to keep it up, Sakura-chan."

"I will!" Sakura said and felt herself grin as Lee gave her a proud smile. It always meant something great when Lee did that, not like he was proud of her smarts but that he was proud she was putting them to use and proud that she wouldn't give up. It made her happy.

"Now, you two." Lee said, turning to Naruto and Sasuke. He held up two round balls, "These will be for after Kakashi leaves. You will be learning chakra control by keeping these on your head with only chakra. These are not flat so it will be difficult because the point of contact is so small. Understood?"

They both nodded then Naruto asked, "But Kaa-chan, why aren't we doing it now?"

"Because right now and until Kakashi comes, I want both you and Sasuke-kun to learn how to water walk. Sakura-chan, you will show them, yes?"

"Cha! Count on me!" Sakura said and immediately pulled herself over the railing. She jumped off and landed on top of the water, her feet only slightly sinking in and making a splash before she stepped right on top, her chakra immediately adjusting back to normal as she didn't actually have to put more for the weights.

"Lee told me yesterday that I had to constantly change my chakra output because water isn't steady like the tree." Sakura said, looking at the boys. She blushed and smiled happily at their impressed looks, fighting not to do a little dance.

"Will we still need to focus enough to feel the chakra tingle?" Sasuke asked, looking at Lee.

Lee nodded, "Yes, it is the same. The only difference is that the water will make it so the tingle dies down or becomes too much at times, that is why you need to not pay careful attention but instead to let it come naturally."

"Kaa-chan! That's confusing!" Naruto whined -cutely in Lee's eyes- and Lee giggled.

"I know, my little Naru, but that is honestly how it is. It is best to just not think about it." Lee said, and then continued, "Now you two go down and join Sakura-chan. I will go get towels. Sakura-chan, I am leaving you in charge."

"Leave it to me!" Sakura said, waving, then turned to the boys with her hands on her hips, "Come on! You two won't learn by staying up there!"

"Coming Sakura-chan!" Naruto called out with a large grin. He jumped and a moment later, Lee heard a loud splash.

Lee looked to see Sakura already helping Naruto out of the water and trying to hold him up as he tried to keep himself above water. Lee bit back a laugh and looked at Sasuke who had a reluctant expression. Sasuke looked at Lee then groaned and jumped.

There was a second splash.

Lee giggled hard and quickly left to get towels and warm drinks. It might be a warm day but the water certainly wasn't.

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Almost four hours passed with Lee watching them help each other out. Sakura could stay on the water the longest, of course, that only problem was if her chakra ran out. Sasuke could stay for fifteen minutes before he'd wobble and fall in. Naruto had a good ten minutes before doing the same.

Lee called for all of them to come to the shore and Sakura helped the boys get to him faster. Sakura looked tired and the boys were just completely soaked. Lee handed the towels to Naruto and Sasuke before giving Sakura the still warm drink. He'd gotten the special ones from the Akimichi store that would replenish some of her chakra. The boys got normal warm drinks as they didn't have low chakra reserves and weren't doing double like Sakura.

Naruto had taken off most of his clothing after the first dip and was only wearing the pair of swim shorts Lee had gotten for him, same with Sasuke. Thanks to that, their regular clothes were now dry but they were still wet.

Lee got out a second pair of towels and said, "Come on, I will dry your hair for you." to both of them.

"I'll help." Sakura offered and Lee smiled

"Thank you Sakura-chan. Why do you not help Naru then, he has less hair to dry." He said. He'd noticed how she had sometimes glanced at Naruto more as he struggled to learn how to water walk. Lee did admit that Naruto had more muscle on him than Sasuke and he was glad that Sakura was looking at his kitten more than the Uchiha.

"Okay, come on Naruto, sit here." Sakura said, motioning in front of her. A light blush tinted her cheeks as Naruto eagerly sat in front of her, looking all too much like an excited puppy. She immediately got to work in drying his hair.

Lee giggled then looked to Sasuke who silently sat in front of him, facing him. Lee tilted his head then shrugged and got to his knees, leaning forward to dry the black locks. He smiled as Sasuke looked a bit like a wet cat, subtly pouting yet enjoying the fact that he was getting dry.

"Alright, all dry, Sasuke-kun." Lee whispered, and giggled softly as Sasuke mumbled a 'thanks'. The boy was slowly becoming less surly.

Lee got up and debated going to Sakura and Naruto when he saw them talking to each other. Sakura was slowly drying Naruto's hair, looking like she was paying more attention to talking than to her task. She suddenly let out a laugh and her expression was surprised for a moment before she laughed again and Naruto looked as if the Hokage himself just told him that he was giving the hat to Naruto.

Lee wiggled slightly, not wanting to interrupt at all. He sighed then made a little disappointed sound before going over and saying, "Naru, you should get dressed, it is almost time for Kakashi to show up."

Naruto and Sakura looked surprised and Sakura blushed softly before getting up. Naruto quickly followed and went to grab his clothes. Sasuke did the same and they went around a building and quickly came back, back in their regular clothes.

"Keep the shorts. You will need them for tomorrow too." Lee said and they both nodded, wrapping their swim shorts in the towels for them to dry. That was when a poof suddenly sounded and Kakashi gave his customary,

"Yo."

"You're late!" Naruto and Sakura said automatically though they weren't actually angry.

"Well I saw a black cat and-"

"Lies!" Naruto said, pointing at Kakashi with a frown.

"Oh well." Kakashi said and lifted his hands in a shrug before telling them that he had more missions for them.

Babysitting -Which Lee took care of the three year old while the Genin cleaned up the house. He didn't even want to leave afterwards.-

Then they had the infamous Tora mission -Lee didn't let himself help on this one though he could have gotten Tora quickly. That cat always liked and obeyed him; Lee guessed it was because of Mother.-

When Kakashi left after the second mission with a wave of his hand, Lee turned to the other three and tilted his head.

"You two still willing to help me and Naruto?" Lee asked.

Sakura -who looked extremely tried, most likely because of the weights and constant chakra use- nodded with a tired smile, "Of course." she said

Sasuke gave a short nod with an agreeing "Hn"

"Wonderful!" Lee clapped his hands together and smiled at Naruto who was grinning widely.

"Let's go!" Naruto shouted energetically, already running off.

"Naruto! Wait for us!" Sakura called out, running after him despite it making her pant.

"Well, we cannot be shown up, yes?" Lee said slightly laughing as he looked back at Sasuke. He reached and took Sasuke's hand before running as well, making sure to match his pace with the others.

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It took hours still to find the right place, to the point that Lee was carrying Sakura on his back to stop her from overdoing it on her training. The boys had not stopped in trying to balance the balls on their heads either, disregarding the odd looks they were give. They instead, continued to look at each house until they could all agree on a single one -as per Lee's request-, it just happened to be the last one that they all agreed on.

The last one was two stories high and had six bedrooms in total, four bathrooms, a kitchen with an island, a living room, dinning room, and a large back yard. It was close to the main village entrance which was perfect yet close enough to the markets that Lee wouldn't have to go out of his way. A little bonus was that it wasn't too far from the Nara residence either -about an hour if he was walking only. Running normal speed would cut that down to thirty minutes. Running at his fastest speed, with his weights, would make it ten.- despite that Clan Home being on the edge in account of the forest holding their famous deer.

Lee purred and nodded to the owners, telling them that he will take in. He hammered out the details and was happy to hear that he could move in within three days as they were moving and already had a new place picked out. It would just take that time to remove all the stuff they were taking with them.

Lee signed off on the correct amount they'd be taking for him, already paying off everything so he would not have any mortgage to pay off and only the regular bills. Then he turned to the boys and said,

"Alright, Sakura-chan first then we will take you home Sasuke-kun." Lee said and Sakura laughed tiredly from on his back.

"You know, you're really nice, Lee..." Sakura said and Lee could hear the happy smile in her tone.

"Thank you, though I really am not." Lee said, "I am only nice to those I...care about, and that is a very small number."

"But that means you care about us, right?" She mumbled sleepily, too comfy on Lee's warm back.

Naruto grinned, already -hopefully- knowing the answer but still, he listened just so he could be proven right. Sasuke acted as if he wasn't listening but his head was cocked in an angle that had his ear towards them.

"Yes." Lee said as they walked, "Somehow...I have grown attached to you three. I never expected such a thing to happen but all have you have snuck your way in."

'They were unexpected but...they are not unwanted are they?'

'No, I like this...I like caring for them. Even Sasuke is crawling his way in and I am finding myself letting him.' Lee smiled and told the boys to wait as he walked up to Sakura's family door.

He knocked and was let in when he said that Sakura was asleep. It was only slightly a lie but Sakura went along with it as she didn't want to let go just yet either. He took her upstairs to her room and gently set her onto her bed. He removed her shoes and pouches to get her comfy then placed her hiate-ate onto the bedside table.

"Take a shower in the morning Sakura-chan. You deserve rest right now." Lee said and smiled when Sakura sleepily agreed. Lee gave in to his urge and leaned down, gently kissing her forehead.

"Goodnight, my little blossom. I hope you have sweet dreams." He whispered.

"Night Lee...I'm really glad...I met you..." Sakura mumbled, blearily opening her eyes just for a moment to give him a bright smile before slipping off into sleep.

"And I am glad to have met you." Lee whispered then tucked her in before leaving.

Lee felt a flash of hate as he saw Sakura's parents but he smiled politely at them as he left to return to his boys. When he got to them, he took the balls they'd been training with and put them away before taking both of their hands.

"Time to get you back to your house now, Sasuke-kun." Lee said, squeezing the boy's hand before walking.

It was only when they were getting close to the Uchiha complex when Lee looked at Naruto and silently asked him to stay. Naruto got what Lee was getting at and nodded happily. He let go of Lee's hand and leaned against a tree to wait before deciding to train a bit more by climbing.

"Why's the dobe staying back?" Sasuke asked after a moment, shifting nervously even as he continued to 'let' Lee hold his hand.

"Because I thought you would not want him here as I asked you a question." Lee answered and Sasuke paused, making Lee stop as well.

"...What do you want to ask...?" Sasuke asked slowly.

Lee turned his gaze to Sasuke then turned his body as well. He reached and took Sasuke's other hand with no shame, ignoring the way Sasuke's eyes had widened.

"Sasuke-kun..." Lee said, "I want you to live with me."

"...W-wait, what?!" Sasuke said, staring at Lee in surprise, "Why?"

"Because I want you closer to me. I do not like the fact that you are living alone in the big place. It makes me think of you constantly." Lee said, only slightly lying. He'd only thought about it a bit after all but with those thoughts, he hated it still, "I want those I care for, by my side...so...will you please? Live with me?"

Sasuke stayed silent, his ears red as he struggled not to let the color travel further. For Lee to ask him...it felt intimate. Lee wanted him closer? Sasuke tried not to take in in any special way but he felt his palms begin to get clammy and his infernal blush was growing. He tried to think of it from a logical stand point and it did have merits with Lee's new place, plus, with Lee being closer Sasuke could probably learn more and get stronger. Though, even as he thought of that, Sasuke knew even without that stuff his answer would still be the same.

"Whatever. It doesn't matter to me." Sasuke said, playing off his agreement by lying. His cheeks burned red as Lee gave him that happy smile and he had to look away.

"Wonderful~" Lee purred, "Then pack up whatever you need, we will be moving in a three days."

"Yeah I got it." Sasuke said then he began walking back to his house. He pulled his hand away from one of Lee's hands but didn't let go of the other one, only releasing when he was at the gates.

"See you tomorrow." Sasuke said, glad that his blush faded. Only, it came back with a vengeance as Lee leaned down and kissed his cheek, letting his lips linger before pulling away. Sasuke could still feel the warmth of Lee's lips and his heart was beating too fast in his chest.

"Yes, see you tomorrow, my little wolf." Lee said with a warm smile, gently stroking Sasuke's hair before leaving to get back to Naruto.

He traveled through the shadows to get to Naruto's side quicker and as soon as he called for Naruto's attention, he said, "Mission accomplished."

"Yeah!" Naruto shouted, punching his fist in the air, "Now all we need is Sakura-chan!"

"Correct, all we need is a little time for her." Lee said, something possessive lighting in Lee's eyes, "We will have our own personal family, my precious Naru." Lee smiled and stroked Naruto's cheek, "Is that not wonderful~"

Naruto leaned into Lee's touch and grinned, "It's awesome, I can't wait!"

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