"I'm not going." The red headed girl absolutely.
"Yes you are!" her older sister yelled back.
"This is the chance to show all your old friends the person you really are inside." her older brother said. "This is your chance to tell Naruto how you feel."
The red head tried her best to hold back her tears just from hearing the mans name, but before they could spill out she ran, she ran up the stairs and slammed the door shut to her bedroom in the apartment the three siblings shared.
Tomorrow was her 10 year high school reunion.
Naruto was the guy she had a crush on since the day she met him, and her best friend from high school. They haven't spoken face to face since graduation due to Naruto enlisting in the military after high school. They stayed in constant contact through letters, but she had never told him her biggest secret, she never told anyone but her siblings.
Gaara was born a man, but she had always identified as a women.
Right after high school she went on estrogen pills and testosterone blockers. She had a full sex change six years ago along with breast enhancement and she never looked back.
Her siblings noticed her confidence go up immediately, she was always shy throughout high school. She never had a lot of friends, and the few she did have came through Naruto.
They always knew Gaara liked Naruto, Temari had an inkling that it was more then just friendship, but everyone knew Naruto was straight and Gaara, who may have identified as a girl, was still very much a boy at the time.
Now she was a beautiful woman of 28, waist length blood-red hair, perky C cup breasts. She had a classic hourglass figure.
She commanded the eyes of every young man she came across, and even some women had made passes at her.
It didn't matter who else was in the room, the spotlight was always on her.
"Gaara, the mails here. He wrote back!" Kankuro yelled.
Gaaras eyes lit up and she ran out of her room, into the living room, snatched the letter out of the her brother's hand and sat down on the couch.
Dear Gaara,
I got your last letter, I'm proud of you for getting a good job like that. Personal assistant to Neji Hyuga, that has to come with some perks. This place is hell, I can't wait to finally get back. My plane gets in the night before the class reunion. I am really looking forward to seeing you again, it's been way too long. We gotta sit down and have a beer together, catch up face to face. See you at the reunion buddy! I think I might be sticking around for a while.
Love Naruto.
"Looks like I have to go now." she sighed.
"Naruto would probably come here and drag you there if you don't." Kankuro said.
"I never told him." she whispered to her brother.
"About what?" Kankuro asked.
"About me." she said gesturing to her feminine body. "I never told him anything."
"Its going to be okay." Kankuro said as he hugged his little sister, "You know Naruto, he won't care that you did what you had to do to become comfortable in your own body. He might be a little upset that you never told him about any of it, but he will always forgive you, he can't stay mad at you, and you know it." he said.
"I think I love him." she whispered so only her brother could hear her.
"I know squirt." He smirked.
"You can't call me squirt anymore." She pouted, "I'm 28 years old. I work for one of the most powerful men in the country."
"You'll always be my squirt." Kankuro chuckled.
"I just can't believe Naruto might not be reenlisting." Gaara said reading over the letter again.
"What do you mean?" Temari asked.
"He said he might be sticking around for awhile." she replied.
Naruto was a heavily decorated officer. Serving three tours of duty in two different wars. When the war with Iwakagure started Naruto was the first inline to enlist. He made it into the Army Rangers, he was put in the most prestigious company in the Rangers, the 80th division. They became famous all over again in the war with Iwa when they took the heaviest casualty rating in the entire military, yet they never once backed out of a fight.
Naruto served with valor and distinction and was given two silver stars for combat efficiency, and a gold star in the war with Otogakure for his leadership skills under duress of combat.
"So you are going to the reunion?" Temari asked.
"Doesn't look like I have much choice." Gaara sighed.
"You know what that means right?" Temari smirked, an evil glint in her eyes.
Gaara never liked what that look meant.
"Shoopppppiiinnnggg!" Temari sang.
The rest of the day was spent with Temari dragging around Gaara through every dress shop in town.
"Do we really have to do this?" Gaara asked.
"Of course little sister of mine!" Temari sang happily. "We have to make you look ravishing for tomorrow night."
Gaara only sighed.
They finally found a red dress that matched her hair exactly, and got her a black half jacket, and black heels. It was a good thing the didn't have to worry about money since all the siblings had good jobs.
Kankuro had his own Tv show, working with puppets, whereas Temari owned a salon and spa in a very high-end part of town, and along with Gaara working for the CEO of a conglomerate like Hyuga enterprises the three siblings did very well for themselves.
The dress cost over three thousand dollars alone, so Gaara didn't even want to see the total bill for her outfit for tomorrow.
"You are going to be the center of attention tomorrow night." Temari smiled as they got back into her car.
"I don't know." Gaara said. "None of them are going to recognize me. They all know me as a boy." she said quietly. She never liked to think of that time of her life.
Gaara used to be a shy quiet boy who just wanted to mind his own business and get out of high school so he could let out the woman he knew was inside him.
He went through elementary, middle school, and most of high school with no friends, until half way through 11th grade, that was when he met Naruto.
To Naruto, Gaara was just a lonely boy who looked like he needed a friend, so he did what came naturally to him, he walked right up to Gaara, held out his hand, and asked if he wanted to be friends.
To Gaara, Naruto was always his crush, ever since freshman year he had noticed the blond boy, and had a habit of writing his name in the back of his school books, along with some hearts.
Gaara considered Naruto his first love, and now he was her first love.
"I think none of them are going to be the same, so don't go and get your panties in a twist girl." Temari said. "You are going to be just fine."
Gaara laughed, and nodded.
"I think as long as Naruto is there I'm going to be just fine." she said, a small smile on her face.