Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. Kishimoto owns it.
Author's Notes: Oh and nope. Menma isn't a hermaphrodite. He doesn't have a pussy or breasts. He has a male body but, can have babies. Because he has eggs and produces some IF he doesn't take his 'special pills'.
I made Menma intersexual because it sorts of plays an important factor later on and also, because this way Minato has a more believable fact to hate him. Kinda?
Gaara was surprised at seeing his friend like this. It reminded him of the way things were a few years ago. When Menma would get depressed over how badly his father treated him.
"How are you?" He asked worriedly as he sat down beside him on the bed. Menma hugged him and started to cry on his shoulder. This really made Gaara become alarmed. His friend never cried.
"Oh my God! Tell me what's wrong!?"
Menma shook his head. It was clear that he couldn't tell him.
"Has your dad started treating you badly again?"
The black haired teen stopped crying and Gaara thought that he had hit the nail on the head.
"What the hell is wrong with that man!? Being intersexual is not a crime."
"Shhhhh... don't let anyone hear you."
His father had already warned him about not letting anyone find out about his shameful secret. They didn't know about it when he was born, they discovered it when he turned 8. He got appendicitis. When they put him through some tests, they found out what he was. Apparantly, he was one of the rarest cases there were.
He had ovaries and a uterus but, he was male. They wanted to continue running some tests on him and studying him but, his dad prohibited it. He didn't want this to turn into into a huge scandal. Ever since then, he had changed with him. He was distant and cold. He made him play as many manly sports as he could possibly think of. He thought this would turn him manlier.
Things got even worse when he was 12 and started having abdominal pains. He got scared when he went to the restroom and noticed some blood on his underwear. They rushed him to the hospital and what they told them, ended up being the cherry on top.
He didn't have anything serious. He just started his first menstrual cycle. Minato took him to a illegal medic, who he knew and who prescribed him some pills. Pills with high doses of strong hormones to supress him. Something that worked but, the pills came with side effects.
He got headaches and he had some insomnia episodes but, it was a small price to keep his progenitor happy. Since he was no longer going to have his period. Besides, he started conquering girls and bringing them home. When his dad saw how popular he was with girls and how they had also wanted to suspend him for being caught doing some immoral things with one of his girl classmates... He seemed to forget all about his imperfection. They didn't even talk about it any more. That was a great taboo, not even his siblings knew about it.
"Come on, there's no one here. To be-" Gaara said but was interrupted halfway.
"Tobi? What the hell does that bastard have to do in all of this!?" Yelled and exasparated Menma.
"Hey Menma. I was going to say... To be scared of. Not Tobi, as in the professor. What's going on with you?"
"Nothing. I just don't like the guy and..."
"That's what's wrong with you? I dodn't believe you. There has to be something more to it."
Crud! Gaara knew him too well. He wasn't going to be able to deceive him for much longer.
"It's just that... my dad again... he's been making me feel like shit." Menma lied. What else could he do?
"Don't worry about it. In a few months you'll be in Rome." He said while he hugged him to comfort him.
"Do you think I'm less of a man than the other guys?"
"Of course not, you're the manliest man. Well, it's not like I like the way you treat others but, well... actually, if my mom was a few years younger. She would definitely be in danger." The redhead told Menma this in a joking way. Menma relaxed a bit, but that didn't change the fact that he was trapped. He had to get rid of Professor Tobi. He couldn't ask anyone for help. He was alone because even if he had enough courage to tell Gaara about it. There was nothing the redhead could possibly do. And also, if there was one thing he truly feared it was that video which Tobi had. He had to find a way to steal it. He had to wait for the bastard to let guard down and steal it then.
"Do you mind if I turn on the TV?" Gaara asked.
"Whatever, I don't mind."
They spent the rest of the afternoon watching movies. Gaara looked at the clock.
"Damn! It's already 9:30. I have to go or Utakata will start bitching at me the entire night." He said before getting up. Menma didn't want him to leave but, what excuse could he use to make him stay? There was also the fact that his dad wouldn't let his friend stay the night. Not even if it was on different rooms. Maybe if he was a girl. More than a dozen times had his one-night stands stayed the night with him but, this was a whole other story.
Once his friend left he made sure to take his pills and stole one of his mom's sleeping pills. He didn't want to think about the upcoming Tuesday. He laid down but something woke him up. He opened his eyes and couldn't believe what he saw.