First story on this new account! This is the sequel to Mute for the old jellicleknight account. I skimmed through the original and thought "Wow, I've gotta actually write the sequel. So, here it is.
Bold is Shukaku talking to Gaara.
All Naruto Characters belong to Masashi Kishimoto
Introduction
"Hey, Inumaru!" One of my friends calls. I turn my head to grin at him. He runs over then puts his hands on his knees to pant, "Where…are you…goin'?"
"Home, where else?" I roll my light purple eyes and cross my arms over my coat.
He straitens up and whines, "But we have to finish out snow-ball fight from recess! We can't let Mr. Tatakai's class win!"
"Well, you'll just have to continue without me," I turn before starting to run home. As I run down the snowy street to my house, shop owners wave to me and smile. I wave back to the friendly adults, still running. My house is a little outside of the village and it's really old. I run up the path, stopping to look at the house. I smile when I see Don's car in the driveway. Don, Mom's best friend, is my babysitter. Because Mom works until four o'clock and school lets out at three, I'd be home alone without him. I keep telling her that I don't need a sitter, but she doesn't listen to me. I guess I'm stuck being her 'baby' forever…or at least until I grow facial hair. Being eight stinks.
Anyway, I walk inside and see the white haired guy sitting on the couch and flipping through a book. He looks up when I close the door. He smiles, "Hey Scamp, how was school?"
I smile back, putting my backpack on the floor next to the coat tree (which I hang my coat on). "Great, except for math class. Multiplication is hard enough without doing two digit numbers."
"Want me to help with your homework on them then?" He walks over, kneeling down.
"Yeah, that'd be awesome!"
"Oh, right, I knew that…" I grin sheepishly.
"Mhm, that's why you did it right?" Don chuckles, erasing my wrong answer.
"Humph!" I turn around in my chair, smiling just a little. I hear the front door open, making me jump right up out of my seat. I run to the living room to see Mom closing the door. She shakes her head, snow falling off, and her purple hair goes all over the place. Her normally really pale skin has a pinkish glow to it from the cold. She opens her eyes and smiles at me. Her eyes, gosh they're weird: the one is the color of mine and the other is a blueish-green color.
"Hey, baby." She kneels down and ruffles my hair, before she kisses my forehead. I grin with a blush and a little groan ("Mom…") which causes her to giggle. Don comes in and she looks up, her smile fading a little. "Hello, Don…" She whispers.
"Demeter," He nods, kind of smiling.