Note: I do not own Naruto. Masashi Kishimoto does.

Chapter One

I guess this whole thing really started when I was seven years old. It was my first slumber party, I was going to be spending the night with four other girls from my class, for my friend's birthday party. When Temari sent out the invitations I was really excited about going. My mother thought it was a bad idea, but my father didn't think it would be a problem. I begged my mom to let me go, as my dad assured her I'd be fine. Little did I understand the reason that my mother was so hesitant about me going.

I was the last one to get to the party because my mom decided to talk to me about the situation before I could leave the house.

"Now, I just want you to understand that I'm worried about you going to this party."

"Why, mommy?" I asked confused.

"Well… You're different from the other little girls. You know that don't you?"

"Well, yeah. But they're my friends, they'll understand."

"I'm not so sure. You all are young, and don't understand everything. Please just promise me something?" She pleaded.

"What mommy?"

"When it's time for bed, and you change into your pajamas, change in the bathroom by yourself, okay? Can you do that for mommy?"

"They'll understand-"

"No, promise me!"

"Okay."

We pulled the car up to the front of Temari's house and I lugged my night-bag out of the car and up the walkway. My mother followed close behind so she could inform Temari's mom about my "difference". I watched as she whispered into her ear discretely. Her eyes grew wide for a second, then she nodded and assured my mom that "everything would be just fine". Then the girls ran down the stairs to greet me to the party.

"Hinata! You're here!" Sakura squealed excitedly. She was my best friend at the time.

"Come on, we're playing "Ponies" in my room, you can play too." Temari exclaimed.

"Okay, hold on." I said.

I threw my arms around my mom's waist and hurriedly said, "Bye mom, love you."

"Hold on," she stopped me, "Remember what I told you. And if you decide you want to come home you can call me, no matter what time it is, and I'll come get you." She said as she placed a kiss on my forehead.

"Yeah, okay." I said and wriggled out of her arms to go join my friends.

That night after we finished watching a movie, Temari's mom came in to tell us to get ready for bed and put on our night-gowns. All of the girls, Temari, Sakura, Ino, and TenTen, began pulling off their clothes and putting their pajamas on. I stood still, remembering what my mom had told me.

"You can go change in the bathroom down the hall." Temari's mom told me. I nodded quietly and began to walk down the hallway holding my night-outfit close to my chest.

"Where are you going, Hinata?" I heard Sakura call after me. I ignored her and kept walking. I changed my clothes and walked back down the hallway and joined my friends again. Temari's mother had gone back downstairs, and they were all getting their sleeping-bags laid out on the floor.

"Why did you change in the bathroom?" Sakura asked. I shrugged.

"Are you embarrassed of your body?" TenTen asked.

"No, my mom said I have to." I replied.

"Is your mom embarrassed of your body?" Ino giggled. This made everyone laugh, and I laughed hysterically at the comment.

"No." I chuckled.

"Then why did she say you can't change with us?" Sakura asked.

"Because I'm… different." I claimed.

"How?" Ino asked.

"I'm not supposed to tell anyone…" I stammered.

"Yeah but we're your friends, and it isn't nice to keep secrets." Temari said. And how could I argue with that logic? They WERE my friends. They'd understand.

"Okay, I'll show you, but it's a secret and you can't tell anyone." I caved. Sakura held out her pinky, and so did my other friends.

"Pinky promise." They said in unison.

"Okay." I looked at them all for a second and then I pulled down my pants and underwear. Everyone gasped and their eyes grew wide.

"What is that?!?" Sakura shrieked.

"Hey, my brothers have those!" Temari exclaimed.

"Ew! Are you a boy?!?" TenTen whined.

"EW!!! BOY!!" They screamed.

"No! I'm a girl!" I cried.

"I don't want to sleep with a boy in the room." Sakura stated.

"Me either." the others said.

"Go home. You're weird." Temari said. And just like that I had lost all of my friends. My mom had been right, they didn't understand. I ran down the stairs wailing and ran to Temari's mom. Sakura and the other girls followed close behind.

"I wanna go home!" I cried.

"What happened?!?" Temari's mother asked worriedly.

"She's gross, that's what! She's weird. She's got a-"

"Oh." Her mother sighed sadly.

"Girls, sheisn't gross or weird, she just has a kind of… You know how some people are born with extra fingers or toes? Well it's kind of like that." Her mom explained.

"I don't care! I want her to leave!" Temari shrieked.

"Temari! That's very mean, Hinata is your friend. Her difference doesn't change that."

"Yes it does! She can't be my friend anymore!" Temari said defiantly, and the other girls agreed.

"Temar-" Her mother began.

"Stop. Please, it doesn't matter. I just want to go home." I pleaded. Temari's mother nodded.

"Hinata, you stay downstairs with me, the rest of you go upstairs and think about how you would feel if it were you in Hinata's place." Her mom said. So I went and sat on the couch, the other girls ran back upstairs, and Temari's mom got on the phone and asked my mom to come pick me up, as she explained what happened.

My mom drove silently as I sat in the passenger seat and sobbed hysterically. After all, what could she say to make me feel better. I had lost all of my friends.

When I went back to school on Monday, everyone was avoiding me. Everyone was talking about me. Everyone was calling me names. I called my mom to pick me up early. It went on for weeks. Eventually, my parents pulled m me out of the school all together, and decided to home-school me. And that's when I officially discovered what it would be like to live the life of a hermaphrodite.

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