Author's Note: I am terribly sorry that this chapter took so long to get up. I actually posted it on sunday. I even have one review from the chapter in my email inbox! But...with all the problems Fanfiction is going through right now, my chapter only stayed loaded (for viewing) for a day. So now I'm reposting. I am terribly sorry for the wait! So anyways, this chapter is back to Lee and his team. So now you'll be able to see the event that I was setting up with the last Lee chapter. And for all of those that are bigger fans of the Gaara chapters, no need to fret, the next one is already written and edited. I'll be posting that one in a couple of days:) Oh, and one tiny disclaimer- one of the lines Tenten says is taken from the movie IceAge. I do not own it.

Team Gai and Naruto left Kawagakure with no slip ups and no worries. Everyone was tired and annoyed and wanted to just relax. Gai, sensing his team's tension, offered to treat them to a warm meal at the next village. All in the party agreed, ready to be off their feet. Once they reached town, the team looked for the nearest restaurant and finally sat down with a sigh. Gai told them to order whatever they wanted and to have a nice meal. While they ate, he went and looked for a hotel to stay for the night, where he yet again offered to pay. No one refused.

Sitting around the table the four ninjas sat in silence for the first time since leaving Konoha. It had already been a month since they'd left and all of them were ready to get home. Even Naruto, who was usually bouncing off the walls, was oddly quiet. But finally, when it seemed like dead corpses had taken their places, Tenten spoke. "So, Lee; you been thinking about telling us your mystery lover yet?" Even though it was said in a quiet tone, everyone around the table perked up at the question, curiosity taking over. "You haven't talked about it since the day at the restaurant and I think all of us want an update on the relationship."

Lee looked up and wearily smiled at her. "I haven't seen him since that night. He lives in a different village after all. It's not like I've really had the chance."

Tenten smirked. She knew she had heard him falter the last time. She just knew it. Neji, who hadn't wanted to think about it before realized the slip up. Naruto just gave him a questioning look. 'He?'

Tenten perked right up and leaned across the table towards him. "Oh, so he lives in a different village huh? Which one? Is it one in the Fire Country?"

"No, not in the Fire Country, he lives…uh…did you just say he? Wait? No!" He thought to himself 'I cannot disappoint Gai-sensei!' "It was not a he! He, no, she, lives in a completely different country."

Neji sighed, Naruto stared, and Tenten grinned. "I knew it. Lee, you can't deny it. You slept with a guy. You gave yourself away the minute you stuttered back home about the she thing. You're gay aren't you?"

Lee's face turned a bright flaming red. "No, I'm, just, umm, err, bi is all."

Tenten laughed at his embarrassment. Neji kept shaking his head, he knew Lee had to at least be bi, if not completely gay, from the moment he met him. Naruto pointed a finger at him in shock. "Fuzzy-brows, you're bi? You slept with a guy? Whoa, wait, who the hell did you sleep with? Is it someone we know? Who else is GAY around here that I don't know about?"

People around them were starting to glance in their direction. Naruto was being awfully loud for the size of the restaurant. Neji glared at him. "If you don't shut up, we might not find out." Although he didn't say it, Neji was curious too.

Tenten looked at blushing Lee. "Oh come on, we're your teammates! You have to tell us! It's not like we're going to laugh or anything. We already know that you're bi. There's nothing that can be more shocking then that."

Lee looked up at her. "Well, I uh, guess I can tell you guys, as long as you don't go spreading it around. I don't think he'd appreciate it very much."

"Fine, fine, yeah, sure, whatever. Just tell us!"

"Alright, I'll tell you. I, uh, slept with…he uh, lives in Suna, and he has…"

"Yes? Yes?"

"I slept with Gaara."

His teammate's eyes just about popped out of their heads. Naruto yelled out, "You slept with him? Mister, I control all sand? Mister, I have killed the amount of people that live in my village? MISTER, I LIVE CONNECTED TO SHUKAKU?"

People in the bar turned to look at them. They didn't really catch what the boy was saying, but the way he was standing up and yelling made everyone want to know. Neji reached up and pulled Naruto down. "Shut up! You want everyone all the way at Konoha to hear you? Now, what are you talking about? Who is Shukaku?"

Naruto gulped. "Crap, I wasn't supposed to say anything about that."

Neji glared at him. "You have to tell us. If this is something that might threaten Lee we need to know. I don't want to lose my life because Lee stupidly slept with someone."

Lee stood up. "It was a moment of shared youthful passion!"

Tenten grabbed him. "Sit down and shut up! I want to hear this."

"Hmm, well, I'm not sure I should tell you…" He gave them a grin. "After all, it's not like it's any of your guy's business…"

Tenten seized the front of his jacket and shook him. "Oh, no you don't! You are going to tell us right now!"

"Why should I?"

"Because it might affect all of us, because you will end the conversation you started, and because I will pummel you if you don't!"

Naruto gave a nervous smile. "Fine, I'll tell you. But this doesn't leave the four of us okay? When I fought Gaara, in an attempt to beat me, he released Shukaku. Shukaku is a sand demon, sealed within Gaara. It has one tail, and a really bad mean streak. In fact, did you know that Gaara never sleeps because of Shukaku? When he sleeps, the demon takes over and eats away at his personality. It's very creepy. And it's very dangerous." Naruto shuddered at the memory of his battle.

Everyone was silenced by this. All were too shocked to think about anything else except what could have happened to Lee if Shukaku had come out while he slept. He'd have been dead…

Lee stood and pounded his hand on the table. "None of this matters to me! We shared one moment. As I said, it was an explosion of our youth, an exploration of mutual passion, and I will not let that one day haunt me! It was a beautiful memory and that's the end of that!" He sat down with a 'thud' into his chair.

His teammates shook their heads while Naruto just stared at him blankly. Neji groaned. "Alright Lee, whatever, just make sure that you talk to him the next time you see him. Make sure he isn't mad at you for making him bleed. Remember that time at the Chuunin exams?"

"He's changed since then! He saved me! We shook hands! I don't think he would do anything to harm me!"

"Okay Lee, just don't be too trusting. You tend to do that a lot." Tenten laughed at this and hugged Lee.

Tenten ruffled his hair and grinned. "One of these days Lee, I swear, you're going to dig yourself into a ditch so deep we won't be able to save you!" Everyone laughed while Lee's face turned a bright tomato red.